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Declutter Your Email and

Computer Files

by Maria Gracia Updated October 1, 2023 Join our newsletter to be notified when new content is added to our website. If you’ve been wanting to declutter your email and computer files, this is a very simple system I use that takes up hardly any time at all. I choose a “theme” to focus on each day and I delete 10. For instance, on Mondays, I may focus on my email. I delete 10 emails I don’t need. On Tuesdays, I may focus on my bookmarks/favorites, and delete 10 of those I don’t need. If you focus on “deleting 10” every single day, you’ll always be working to keep your computer clutter-free. Here are a dozen ideas…just delete 10 a day until all you have left is what you truly need to keep: • Delete 10 email messages from your inbox • Delete 10 email messages from your email folders • Delete 10 computer files (documents, spreadsheets, text files, etc.) • Delete 10 digital photos (blurry/not worthy of keeping, etc.) or graphics • Delete 10 bookmarks/favorites • Delete 10 old computer programs (uninstall first) • Delete 10 phone apps • Delete 10 icons on your computer desktop • Unfriend 10 social media friends, who aren’t really your friends or who bring you down • Delete 10 contacts on your phone who you really don’t need any longer • Delete 10 DVRd programs/movies that you don’t have time to watch • Delete 10 music or video files Repeat! Back to Organizing Technology Index