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Windows 11's File Explorer is now faster at deleting large files, in a rare speed win from Microsoft
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026
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Windows can just be very sluggish in moving files in any way when there's a large volume in number or size.
I guess my point is that there’s very few people that are actually concerned by how quickly a file is deleted
It’s just a weird thing to brag about.
It is if it's maxing your hdd and make doing other things slow