This allows that at the time of taking the equipment out of hibernation we can quickly access programs we were working on. During this process, all the files that are running and the information they contain is stored in the Hiberfil.sys file. Windows has a tool called hibernation whose objective is to reduce the energy consumption of the equipment while it is not being operated. We will also analyze whether it is advisable to get rid of them and what happens when we do. We usually run into it when we are running out of space and start looking to clean up and free up space on the hard drive for larger files.īut before talking about how to delete these types of files, let’s first see what a Hiberfil.sys file and what is its function. But what is the Hiberfil.sys file and how can you delete it to free up space? These files are large, they usually occupy several gigabytes and they cannot be erased as easily as we do with common files. If something consumes a lot of space on the hard disk on our computer, that is the Hiberfil.sys file.
