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How to Know If You’re a Digital Packrat
The main way to know: 1) you feel that you should keep a lot of files “just in case”; 2) it takes you too long to find stuff; 3) your digital life is becoming complicated, with multiple email accounts, drives, storage mediums and either a mess of files or a mess of folders.

How to Cure Digital Packrattery, With Practical Tips
Go through a massive purge
Aim for a simple digital life
Develop purging routines
Target one folder at a time
Choose only the important stuff, and trash the rest
Simplify before organizing
Get organized: one place for everything
Reduce accounts
Simplify your feeds
Clear out your inbox
Clear out old emails
Clear your desktop
Delete multiple photos
Stop saving junk
Defrag your hard drive
Put purging reminders in your calendar