No file is deleted
Files are only compressed. You open, edit and save them as before.
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WinDriveSpace
WinDriveSpace shrinks suitable files with the built-in compression of Windows. You gain storage space and keep working with your files as usual.
Free in the Microsoft Store. The EXE file on GitHub runs without installation and needs .NET Framework 4.8.
- No file deleted
- Windows compression
The highlights of WinDriveSpace.
WinDriveSpace frees up space on your drives without a single file being lost.
Built-in Windows technology
WinDriveSpace uses the NTFS compression that Windows itself provides. No additional drivers or file formats are needed.
Only where it pays off
Very small files and formats that are already compressed are left untouched, as are databases and the disk files of virtual machines.
Reversible at any time
If you like, WinDriveSpace shows a button for decompressing that restores the original state.
Fast on SSDs
Parallel mode compresses many files at the same time on SSD drives, and on request several drives in parallel.
Your rules
Choose entire drives or a single folder, exclude file types and skip very large files.
More space in three steps.
Choose the target
Choose one or more drives or a specific folder.
Press Start
WinDriveSpace scans the files and compresses the suitable ones. The approximate time remaining is shown along the way.
Gain space
At the end, WinDriveSpace shows how much storage space you have gained.
For system files and program folders, WinDriveSpace needs administrator rights. Without them, the app compresses the files that your user account is allowed to access.