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What are junk files in a computer? | Hashnode

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David Tindal

May 17, 2017

What are junk files in a computer?

How does a file qualify to be a junk file in any system? Any ideas?

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Marco Alka

Software Engineer, Technical Consultant & Mentor

Files which are not needed
Files which are not used
Files which are not desired

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