{"id":4741,"date":"2026-02-02T11:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T11:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/?p=4741"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T12:01:06","slug":"digitip-80-free-up-space-with-treesize-%f0%9f%8c%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.aber.ac.uk\/digital-capabilities\/2026\/02\/02\/digitip-80-free-up-space-with-treesize-%f0%9f%8c%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"DigiTip 80 – Free up space with TreeSize \ud83c\udf33"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Here’s another handy utility application for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve ever struggled with a cluttered file system, disorganised drive, or just flat ran out of storage space, you might benefit from JamSoftware’s TreeSize<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TreeSize is an “intuitive visualisation tool” that allows you to see the structure and contents of your file systems in various helpful formats. For example, you can view your files in a descending ‘Treemap’ chart to very intuitively display your folder structures and locate hidden storage hogs. Similarly, you can view it as a pie chart to see what is taking up large amounts of storage on your device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An example of TreeSize’s UI, displaying a pie chart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve personally found TreeSize extremely helpful for freeing up storage on my device, but you might also use it to reorganise your files, move files in bulk (to an external drive for archiving, for instance), or locating duplicate files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another UI example of a mode where folders are displayed visually according to their on-disk size<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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#TipiauDigiPA #DigiTipsAU<\/a>, <\/span>Applications<\/a>, <\/span>Device Care<\/a>, <\/span>Organisation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

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