The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

10/24/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 10/24/2024 15:27

Rid Yourself of Digital Clutter!

Have you ever opened your closet and thought, "I haven't worn that outfit in 2 years. I should probably get rid of it?"

While we may remember to declutter physical items, we may forgetto delete digital items that are no longer useful.

Here's some info from our Naming and Organizing Files and Folders Using 5S knowledge base articleto help get you started:

Sort

Start looking at documents on your hard drive and cloud storage and remove anything you no longer need.

  1. Start with the oldest files. Do you still need that file from 2014 that you no longer use? No? Delete it.
  2. Do you have five versions of a file? Is the last one the final version? If so, delete the other four.
  3. Stilldetermining whether you will need something? Back it up, then delete it.

Do you need help determining where to backupdocuments? There's an easy way to remember:

If you want to SHAREa file or folder with the department, use SharePoint, but if you are the only ONEthat needs the file or folder, use OneDrive.

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