My hardrive is full even though I've deleted loads of things, how do I clean it up/ free up space?

My hard drive is full even though I've deleted loads of things, how do I go about cleaning it up/ free up space?

An obvious question... but... have you emptied the Trash and performed a Restart...
See here > Freeing Up Disc Space
what-to-do-when-your-hard-drive-is-full.html
More info here > http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/freeingspace.htm

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