HOW STUDENTS CAN CLEAN OUT THEIR HOME DIRECTORIES

DELETING ONE FILE AT A TIME:

1. LOG IN AS YOURSELF

2. OPEN MICROSOFT WORD PROGRAM

3. CLICK ‘FILE’ AND THEN ‘OPEN’ AND BROWSE TO YOUR HOME DIRECTORY AS USUAL.

4. PULL DOWN LIST IN ‘FILES OF TYPE’ BOX AND CLICK ‘ALL FILES’ SO THAT ALL FILES SHOW UP AND NOT JUST WORD FILES.

5. HIGHLIGHT THE FILE YOU WANT TO DELETE CLICK ONLY ONCE ON IT. (CLICKING TWICE WILL ACTUALLY OPEN IT)

6. PRESS THE DELETE KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD AND THEN CLICK ‘YES’ TO CONFIRM DELETING THIS FILE.

TO DELETE MANY FILES AT ONCE:

TO DELETE RANDOM FILES IN YOUR LIST ALL AT ONCE CLICK ON THE FIRST FILE YOU WISH TO DELETE AND THEN CLICK ON THE OTHERS YOU WISH TO DELETE WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE CONTROL KEY. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO HIGHLIGHT MULTIPLE FILES RANDOMLY. PRESS THE DELETE KEY AND CLICK ‘YES’ TO DELETE ALL HIGHLIGHTED FILES.

TO DELETE CONSECUTIVE FILES IN A ROW ALL AT ONCE CLICK ON THE FIRST FILE YOU WISH TO DELETE AND THEN, WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE SHIFT KEY, CLICK THE LAST FILE IN THE LIST YOU WISH TO DELETE. ALL FILES INBETWEEN THESE TWO FILES, INCLUDING THE FIRST AND LAST FILE SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED. PRESS THE DELETE KEY AND CLICK ‘YES’ TO CONFIRM.