

You now will need to click Take Action to clean your files. Whether manually started or if the tool is triggered by the schedule, when there are files to clean, you will receive a notification telling you which tool has run and what it found. If you decide that 30 days is either too long or you want to keep files even longer than that, you can click the edit button (it looks like a pencil) and adjust how many days old a file has to be to be cleaned and you can adjust the maximum amount as well, allowing you to keep older files when wanted.įor any of the tools, if you click the Run now arrow, WinZip will acknowledge that the tool has been started.Īdditionally, the first time you run one of these tools manually, you will be asked to Save the cleaner first. If you run one of these tools and have nothing in the particular folder that has not been accessed for 30 days or longer you will be notified that no files were found to clean. That means that for these folders, if you have opened or edited a file within the last 30 days, the background tool will not recognize that file as being one you want to clean.

The assumption with these three is that you will want to clean up the files that you have not accessed recently, leaving those that you look at regularly. The first three tools listed will clean your Documents, Downloads, and Pictures folders. The other tools, and this one as well, can be run at any time by clicking the Run now button. In the picture below, the user has decided to schedule the Temporary File Cleaner to run every 3 days at 10 PM. When you click the Tools tab in WinZip Options you will see the five tools. To use and configure these background tools, you must open WinZip, click the Settings tab, and click WinZip Options.
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It is important to note that on Windows 10 you will be unable to use this WinZip feature if you either have all notifications from apps turned off or if you have turned notifications coming from WinZip off. These tools can help you to regain space on your system and securely store or delete files. The WinZip Background Tools with WinZip 24.0 and WinZip 23.0 were simplified and made to be easily configured by you. If you are using WinZip 22.5 or earlier, you should see this archived article. This article is being maintained as archived information.
