This will DESTROY you computer! 

I'm continually amazed at how many ignorant people fall for destructive practical jokes like that, including my own son. There are reasons those folders are well protected.

"Never touch the Windows folder!", One of the best pieces of advice that you can give to a pc user! I once compressed that folder back in the XP era guess what happened!! 😂

TikTok really is the dank, funky armpit of the internet world!

This sabotage "prank" has been around for years!! Terrible thing to do to the unknowing 🤬

This is painfull to watch even knowing this is a test PC

The dangerous BS of deleting the System32 folder has been about forever, the first time I came across it, was a long time ago in the XP days, that's over twenty years ago.

I don't watch Tick Tock, but I remember something about this way back when chatrooms were more prevalent. People were telling some of the more gullible in the rooms that they could free up space by deleting windows files. I remember trying to stop one woman that told me to shut up I didn't know what the bleep I was talking about then never hearing from her in a chatroom again.

One of the first things I learned when I got my first PC was a healthy respect for the Windows folder, and especially the System 32 sub folder. Even before that I'd learned not mess with things I didn't understand. I'd wager that whoever gave out that bit of 'advice' on Tik Tok never tried it themselves.

Thank you Liron...I had no idea what that file was until I saw this video..hats off brother

Common sense is a must in life, some lack the basics.

this is old as all hell i remember hearing this as advice back in early 2000's

hey liron! even if they show such shorts of pranks of system32, the normal person cant delete it anyways cuz it got some trustedinstaller permissions but it still got some stuff like notepad, cmd etc that can get deleted so thanks for the vid!

Actually, deleting it can make your computer faster, as long as you do so by formatting and repartitioning the hard drive, thus removing Windows, and then installing Linux as a replacement.

Exactly deleting that could make stuff stop working, including apps, including the Microsoft store and everything

BTW: press these 2 keys ALT and F4 at the same time to give your pc a speed boost.

I've got an even better idea -- don't watch Tiktok videos at all.

Liron... You are the BEST!!! Stay Gold!!

Always verify what you see or have been told.

Liron, another great video to save us from ourselves. You are truly a public servant. Thanks for all that you do for the Windows community.

Reminds me of the good old days reclaiming 3.5" floppies with "format A:" at work. My CMD was sitting at C:\ and I accidentally did "format". After a few hours reinstalling Windows 3.1 and software, made sure CMD was never on C:\ when opening. I change CMD properties to open to a non-OS drive.

Believing anything from TikTok, considering where it comes from, is foolhardy.

I know you didn't post this video as a comedy show, but, wow, I couldn't stop laughing at the things they say to do. As I understand it, the t-t app is for what, like 1-minute videos? Other than someone saying , a la you, "do not touch the Windows folder" how much good advice are you going to get in 60 seconds? Have a great weekend, sir.

You are the only person I look up for advice , so I am in good hands :D Thank you so much !

How about you delete Tik Tok from existence and REALLY impress me.

Some people shouldn't be allowed anywhere near technology.

Love your passion, and your advice!

This reminds me of the early internet, when most hackers seemed to be just malicious people out to mess up your computer unlike now when there's usually some kind of financial motivation.

I knew this was going to be fun... and yup, you didn't disappoint :)) I've been mucking about with Windows since V1 (and computers in general since the '70s)... and I still avoid poking about in "C:\Windows" like the plague... Hopefully, folks will take notice of what you illustrate here... as well as organizing some useful backups... Fanx! for posting...

I worked as an IT back in the Windows 98 days. Hard drives were a lot smaller then and a woman in the office needed more space. So she deleted every file that wasn't a .doc file. She had a bad habit of shutting down the computer by pushing the power button on the power strip too. She performed her delete party at the end of the day on Friday, so first thing Monday morning she was calling me because her computer wouldn't boot up. I had to remove her hard drive and copy the files to another system to save them then completely rebuild her system. This time, I gave her child level access to the system so all she even saw was her files and nothing else. If you don't know what you're doing with a computer, ask. Most people that do know are happy to help, provided you listen and learn. But TikTok is NOT the place to look for help. People like Liron here, and other places where computer enthusiasts are is where you should be looking.

How about backing up your computer before you do anything? (3 things?)

There's a lot I don't do to my computer or try to delete or move or anything because I have no idea what it's going to do if I do.

Yup, knowing what is nonsense computer advice is a valuable skill, so thanks for posting this. There is a lot of terrible tech advice out there. When I did tech support sometimes I would research a problem on the Internet. I had a client see me doing this once and they were angry, saying I'm not paying you to do something I could have done. I showed them the results of my search and asked him which of these results were technically sound and which were nonsense, and of course, he didn't know. I said you pay me to fix things and if someone has already figured out this problem then why would I take a lot of time you are paying for to re-invent the wheel, so to speak, when I could use the fix described. The difference is that as an expert I know which answer is probably correct and which isn't, and can adapt what is in the fix to the particular situation I was facing. Anyway, I'm out of tech support for good now and I don't miss it at all, although if my family complains about how something won't print I will still get a spike in frustration because I'd gladly go the rest of my life not hearing about how finicky printers can be.

Thank you for ALL your advise.

People who don't know computers are being played with more and more.

Thank you Liron. Another great advice. Only God know how much ppl has given me there pc's to fix after they have done the very thing you explaining about. But you do got to know some knowledge of what files you can and cannot delete. Like certain shared files, and certain Dll files. I think some ppl need to know what is safe to delete. And explanation about deleting to recycle bin and deleting files from explorer. As we know it dont actually deletes from recycle bin. But this vid will help many ppl. However, can you explain briefly about doing these tasks if ppl has different version of OP. Ppl still use older ops. But great vid 👍

Thank you, Liron!

Hii thank you so much for all these information. I have a query can we make a spare usb drive as a type security key to unlock all the bitlocked drives automatically maybe by using cmd ? Can we do it?

Back in the day, everyone knew not to do that. But that was back when users had at least a working idea of what was in the computer. Now it's all proprietary apps and cloud functions, and most users have no idea what's safe and what isn't because they don't know anything about how their devices work. Trust is nice, but TOO MUCH trust will cut you off at the knees.

Interesting and thank you. Never use TikTok and never will. Wish it was banned.

I was always curious what would happen if you did that! My curiosity has been satiated! 😂

The old delete System32 gimmick has been around since Windows 98 or 95. I remember being told to do that from messaging groups back in the late 90's. I'm surprised people are still trying to trick others to do this.

Thanks for the post!

I would have liked to see you do a few steps for doing a fresh re-install and fix this issue.

Great advice. Thanks.

Thank you. Wow people! Great advice.

Reminds me of the ole "Putting your iphone in a microwave will charge it faster"

Thanks for the info

It will definitely speed up your computer. You'll realise it won't boot in ten seconds and turn it off.

Please sir what files can I delete from my windows new laptop to make space in the system, that won't affected the laptop it self or should I leave everything just as it came...?

I personally don't see deleting the sys32 folder as inherently bad thing, since deleting one in my childhood resulted in my interest in computer, etc lol But I guess itll depends if the person are willing to troubleshoot it after or not

I always enjoy your vids, Thanks

Yeah, sadly there are a lot of mean people out there that are willing to cause people who don't know any better harm. Like bad gamers that tell other gamers to do "ALT+F4" to speed up their game when it really just tells Windows to close that program/app. All I can say is don't trust everything people say. DO some research first and verify.

If you really wanna free up space buy first a larger HDD/SSD and clone the old storage unit to the new one; simple and very secure! Aomei Backupper freware version does a wonderful job even if you have multiple partitions on the old storage unit and, even if there are multiple operating systems on those partitions.

Similarly, decades ago, the 'advice' to improve response was to enter rm *.* in the DOS prompt. ;-)

This is like going under your car or under your car's hood and removing random nuts and bolts and other parts, hoping that the reduced weight will make your car perform better.

I was surprised to here this. Deleting system files is sheer madness; and I agree with you the people giving out this information are just trying to create as much havoc and misery as they can.

I recall sitting in the computer lab at school and I had a friend next to me... A bit naive, honestly, but I talked him through actually deleting the full folder from command prompt. Maybe Windows has gotten better since then, but it was a fun conversation he had with the computer teacher after that... He never did rat me out, so... 😅

Thanks for the laugh, yeah sure delete that folder!

Thank you for the info. I didn't see this on tik tok but if I had, I would not have deleted anything from my computer without finding this out from a more reliable source first and probably a 2nd and 3rd source before I would do anything like that. I don't believe everything I see on tik tok like a lot of other people. I am hard when it comes to this stuff. I don't believe or act on everthing that I see or hear from unreliable sources. Especially on tik tok. My goodness how some people believe everything that they see on social media. This is misinformation and all of the disinformation that people are believing. This is why its so dangerous.

I like watching your content very informative.

I did that years ago, learning painfully never to do that again.

This should be required viewing for ALL desktop windows owners & users. @Liron: make a short video version of it, if you haven't already.

This just shows how bad Microsoft is in the public eye that they would rather trust tiktokers over them.

Always good mate

Modern computer operating systems have built in protections to prevent deleting vital systems files. Not only does Microsoft Windows have this protection, also Apple Mac OS has these protections built in. With Apple Mac OS it is called system integrity protection

I can't believe this "joke" is still going on. The first time I came across it was 25 years ago!

Thanks, Liron! It sounds like a dumb thing to do for sure.

Oh God 🤦‍♂ why people would do that? Tiktok is full of jokers really....and people should not trust that kind of advice for the most part...

Thanks!

The best way to fix Windows 11 is to format your hard drive...

Love you, bro 😊

היי לירון מה נשמע? ניסיתי לחפש באינטרנט ולא מצאתי. אתה מדבר על משהו דומה. אבל אשמח להסבר (אוליי עוד סרטון בשבילך) איך אני מחבר בין שני wifi repeeters משני דגמים שונים למקם אחד לייד הראוטר הנייח ואת השני למקם קרוב לאיפה שאני נמצא כך שאני אצליח לקבל אות יותר חזק???? תודה ובציפייה למענה. אשריאל ❤

This is a prank that started in the Windows XP era and have been a recurring joke at 4chan "forever".

It's pretty much a sign of how widespread "delete System32" stuff has been for over twenty years that Windows restricts your ability to do so by default.

I'm trying that right now.

I haven't seen that one since Windows 98. Caused a load of problems then too

Also, a very important information! When you're in any game, at the most crucial moment of the game, always make sure to press Alt+F4. It will improve the game in all aspects just for the most epic effect ever.

The Tiktok silly Billies probably think that you can get rid of anything that looks like it's just for 32 bit systems.

I made a mistake years ago with Win95 computer, I was trying to make it run faster so thought if I could just delete unnecessary files that would help, but some of those files I didn't know what their function was so lesson learned - if you don't know what it goes to DON'T DELETE, its best just to ignore it.

It's what ChatGPT suggested, I AM SURE!!!! That Gremlin!

@LironSegev . Hi their I have been watching your work for years. Can I ask a question because there appear to be so many different opinions and they very from one person to the next. I get 500mbs from my ISP. Absolutely no problem, it's fibre broadband, so my question is the very minute I turn on my VPN it can drop down on average to 200mbs. Turn off the VPN and it's back to 500mbs. I live in Ireland, and it doesn't matter if I use an Irish server on VPN or use the USA. The speed will come in around 200mbs. This isn't one of the free VPN. Would you know what is going on here ? I did watch your video on getting rid of VPNs. But it's something I feel stops targeting adds ect at me. Ireland is part of the European Union and it just maybe something worth mentioning. Also, I also use Cat6 from the router to my device ? Keep up the brilliant work

Ah, the PTSD from late 90s !

Yes! That was great!

Tiktok is a cesspit, any Tiktok life hacks should automatically be considered shite. Thanks for making this video to counter the bad advice.

I once worked on a lady's computer that was totally thrashed I asked her what happened she said she was deleting files she didn't install. She said a bunch of DLL files. The universe has its limits but stupid does not. 😂

informative as always

Sadly the remove the System32 folder gag is like scam phone calls. It will never end.

"Never blindly take advice from TikTok" Especially when it's rehashing old 4chan trolls from a decade and a half ago.

I remember in the early 200s, a version of Norton's Windows repair and maintenance program notoriously deleted a vital part of Windows. I don't recall if it was a system32 file, but Windows couldn't operate properly without the file. Fortunately, back then we could just copy the file back over from a back-up copy of Windows. (I kept a direct image of the installation).

Could you do a video on Edge vs Chrome?

I love the delete system 32 joke and that it's still going hard.

Thanks

The automatic repair NEVER EVER works. EVER!

Thank you for this. I can't understand why people have so much faith in that app ugh.

TikTok? What’s that? A clock?

HI Liron.. I have windows 7 32 bit.. with 4 gb ram.. is there any way to upgrade ram to 10 gb? I have installed 10gb but pc says only 4 is usable ?

I'm only 17 seconds into this video, and I was about to fall out of my chair laughing. I remember back in the 2000s, there was a rage about how a system file had, for some strange reason, the icon of a teddy bear or some such. It was claimed to be a virus, and needed to be deleted. None the less, if deleted, it would eventually be needed, and then you were screwed in all matters of ways.

Use a program called unlocker, very useful for deleting things. That aren't supposed to be there.

Wow I haven't heard that one in awhile just as old as telling someone format c:\ will help you increase you disk space.

But eating Tide pods was such a great idea. :)