https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/temporary-files-eating-up-20gb-of-storage-space/9619db2b-3d00-47ec-9782-ed890923a962
Basically, I never cleared Adobe After Effects' cache and that was eating up a lot of unnecessary space. To anyone that has the same problem, just go to After Effects, Edit > Purge > All memory and disk cache. Or go to your temp folder, Adobe > After Effects > Disk Cache, then delete everything in that folder.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/temporary-files-is-taking-up-12gb-of-space-but-not/66fd1835-0052-4260-90b7-9facb97cdadf
Click on your hard drive. On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup. Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan. Select Everything in the list and choose Delete. Start Disk Cleanup again. Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan. Important - This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'. Let Disk Cleanup run another scan.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/temporary-files-continuously-eating-disc-space/123edb46-7f9a-4179-8363-e2c9e17d3792
Temporary files was taking up much of my disc space with roughly 42 GB dedicated to it. So I ran the cleanup tools on that and the other storage folders, this only freed up a few hundred MB. Since this was not enough I deleted some applications to free up space. This worked temporarily and I was able to use my computer.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/free-up-drive-space-in-windows-85529ccb-c365-490d-b548-831022bc9b32
To check the total disk space left on your Windows 11 device, select File Explorer from the taskbar, and then select This PC on the left. The available space on your drive will appear under Devices and drives. Note: If you follow the steps below and continue to have trouble updating Windows because of low disk space, resetting or reinstalling

https://www.easeus.com/computer-instruction/what-is-taking-up-space-on-my-hard-drive.html
2. Run Disk Cleanup to Clean Temporary Files. Unlike disk defragmentation, which rearranges the files, Disk Cleanup works to remove temporary files and other unimportant data on the hard drive and help to reclaim your disk space. Step 1. Open This PC, right-click on your system drive and choose "Properties". Step 2.

https://www.lifewire.com/things-taking-up-space-on-your-pc-5223487
First, open the File Explorer and click Computer to see all of your available drives. Then, select any of them to see both taken and available space. Right-click and choose Properties to open another window with even more information. Near the bottom of the General tab, click Disk Cleanup to remove temporary files.

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/free-up-hard-disk-space-on-windows-10
Windows 10 and Windows 11 include helpful tools like Storage Sense to help you free up disk space. Here's how to remove temporary files, uninstall apps, and more.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-see-whats-taking-valuable-pc-drive-space
Go to Tools > Disk Analyzer to get started. This feature enables you to scan all connected (and detected) hard drives for analysis. Filters can be used by selecting a specific category to see

https://www.howtogeek.com/125923/free-up-disk-space-on-windows/
To access it, right-click one of your drives in the This PC window and select "Properties." Alternatively, you can just search for "Disk Cleanup" in the Start Menu. Click the "Disk Cleanup" button in the disk properties window. Select the types of files you want to delete and click OK.

https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/jw52ud/windows_system_files_are_taking_up_too_much_space/
Windows keeps a copy of the install files so you can roll back etc. and that can eat up a lot of space. If you have a copy of the OS that can be used for a reinstall if needed those files can be deleted to free up space. You can also free up old profiles and temporary files. For instance, on my Windows 10 system I have a 500 GB SSD but there

https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/c-drive-keeps-filling-up.html
Decreasing the disk space used for System Restore Point might be the solution to C drive keeps filling up. Step 1. To configure System Protection, right-click This PC/Computer, choose Properties, and hit System Protection from the left option panel. Step 2. Then you get the System Protection window.

https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/imc35b/temporary_files_has_41gb_of_storage_but_when_i/
There are a number of places windows will store temport files, so you might not be looking in the right place A lot of temp. files are 'hidden' and so you'd need to make sure that 'view hidden files and folders' is selected. If your wanting rid of them to get more storage space, then just do a disk cleanup and windows will remove what it can find.

https://systembooster.minitool.com/boost-pc/what-is-taking-up-space-on-my-hard-drive.html
The files could be temporary internet files, downloaded program files, system files, thumbnails, installation files, and more. Here's how to free up disk space via it: Step 1. Type disk cleanup and hit Enter. Step 2. Select the drive you want to clean up and click on OK. Step 3. Tick the files you want to clean up> hit OK > tap on Delete files.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/temporary-files-shows-165gb-of-used-up-space-on/a2f7a9e5-3c92-4499-b4f1-89f785a8ff29
Thank you for the screenshot, the only place that 165GB of temp files can exist is in your user folder, please go into the Users folder in TreeSize, can you find anything in there that may be counted as temp files, please provide a screenshot of what you find in there. Power to the Developer!

https://superuser.com/questions/1205146/why-does-winrar-eat-up-all-free-space
1. I have about 35 gb free on my Windows 10 partition. I have a rar file that will extract to about 25 gb. When I try to extract it using Winrar, it ends up taking up all space on my hard drive despite there being enough space. Attempting to find out where the space is going fails. As far as I know there is no temp file being created since I am

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHelp/comments/1am93b0/what_is_eating_up_my_c_drive_space/
under performance click settings. go to "Advanced" click "virtual memory". then click "change" then click "custom size" enter the amount of the c drive you want taken up. Go to Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> File Explorer Options -> View -> Deselect "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1d06NP5uXs
http://theresamadden.comTemporary Movie Files Eat Up Disk Space...and when I say eat, I mean gobble!Some movie editing software makes a file with the softwar

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/again-what-is-eating-all-of-my-disk-space/13ca7f8d-c607-43ea-a4f0-2ca6eb948c40
5) Some combination of the above should make enough space to install Windows Updates. But I'd focus on the latest Version update because successfully installing it will bring along all Windows Updates and also resolves almost all other problems since it reinstalls Windows keeping your files and programs in place.

https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=104194
Temp files eating through hard drive during render. After using resolve without any major issues for about 6 months I am suddenly having an issue. The problem is that during rendering, the temporary (AppData\Local) starts filling up at roughly 1 GB per 10 seconds. This is on a completely separate drive to the one which the file is being

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/temp-files-take-up-too-much-memory/08f84e6b-a6f8-450b-8ea9-d8a2fb9c28b9
You can control how much space your System Restore can use... 1. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. 2. Click the System Restore tab. 3. Highlight one of your drives (or C: if you only have one) and click on the "Settings" button. 4. Change the percentage of disk space you wish to allow..

https://forum.scootersoftware.com/forum/beyond-compare-3-discussion/ftp/10622-temporary-files-eating-up-diskspace
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https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/glgml6/why_does_winrar_take_up_space_after_every/
Here's how it goes: move the file to external drive ... delete temp files it created trying to extract to free up that space ... and then extract to the hd from the external hd ... you are trying to extract 3.8 gig to a drive with 3.2 gig withe the file on it ... moving it to the external drive will free up space used by that zip file

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/hard-drive-filling-up-with-temp-log-files/193ffd7b-7c6e-4e33-9d0b-4e8f2aa6085c
Windows 10 has a new, easy-to-use tool for freeing up disk space on your computer. It removes temporary files, system logs, previous Windows installations, and other files you probably don't need. To find this new tool, head to Settings > System > Storage. Click the "Free Up Space Now".

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/movie-maker-is-eating-my-c-drive-space/280918db-f8e7-41db-845d-418648be637c
Movie Maker is eating my C drive space. I have started using Movie maker for the first time on 2 PC's at home, one running 8.1 and the other 10. I am using it to make a series of movies from avi files taken from my home security system cameras, these files are large in their original format (5 to 7GB) and much larger once converted to mp4.