How to Disable Low Disk Space Alter on Windows 10 - 2 Ways

Summary

Here we will introduce how to disable or change low disk space warning on Windows 10, you can find best solutions to better manage your disk space of the hard drive on Windows system.

Andrew Wright

Updated on Feb 7, 2023

by Andrew Wright

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How to change low disk space warning on Windows 10

The problem is windows can’t function very well if system drive usually “C” is almost entirely full. You have to free up some space, although you don’t know exactly how much you can free up. But one thing is for sure you have to free up some space to keep your PC running like a cheetah and for that IM-Magic FREE edition to resize the partition comes in.

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#1 Use Windows Registry for Disabling Notifications

You can now easily modify these specific settings from the registry and can change low disk space warning windows 10. The change will be system-wide, that means you will never see such notifications again.

The process to change low disk space warning windows 10

Down in the left corner of your pc with the start icon, there will be a bar saying, "type here to search". Click on there and Type “regedit” after that press Enter.

Use Regedit to deal with the low disk space warningUse Regedit to deal with the low disk space warning

Then the bar will ask permission from you for changes to your computer there allow that with clicking "Yes". Find the following path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

After finding that you have to modify the registry for the disabling process of the Low Disk Space notification on your Windows 10. Go left at the bar menu and then select Policies.

After going there, Click New by clicking right-click first on the bar,

after that click on the DWORD (32-bit) Value.

Use the name exactly “NoLowDiscSpaceChecks” for the name of the value.

Double-click on that NoLowDiscSpaceChecks value that you created. After that type “1” on the Value Data box then click OK.

Exit the Registry Editor and restart your PC.

Boom, your job is done, and you will never see such notifications again whether your drive is mouth full.

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#2 Expand Partition with Free Tool

I recommend you to use IM-Magic Partition Resizer FREE edition to manage your disk spaces so you will never have to worry about such notifications again.

IM-Magic Partition Resizer FREE is a reliable freeware to better manage your hard disk space, you can use it to extend your system drive or resize your any other partitions on the hard drive, which can make the best use of your hard disk space for totally free!

It is compatible for most Windows system including Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista, you can free download here.

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Video - how to shrink a volume and expand partition to get a large volume

Besides disabling the low disk space error, there are also many ways to clean up the disk. Check out details here: 8 ways to free up disk space on Windows 10

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