Saturday 21 March 2026 is Digital Cleanup Day. The City of Brussels is participating and you?
Deleting useless, unused apps, videos and photos is a first step in the right direction. Discover lots of tips to reduce your digital footprint:
External siteDigital Cleanup Day
Why digital cleaning?
- Cut CO₂ emissions
- Make your devices last longer
- Share and find info faster
- Boost your data security
- Free up storage and save costs
How to do a digital cleanup?
- Clean up your smartphone: remove unused and unnecessary applications, photos and videos
- Clean up your computer hard drive: delete all useless or duplicate files, photos and videos
- Clean up your mailbox
- Make new arrangements: change your Internet habits (use more co-working places, back up only the necessary files, limit time on social media, unsubscribe from newsletters and email lists,...)











