Windows 10: My temporary files are taking up 30+ Gb of space?

Discus and support My temporary files are taking up 30+ Gb of space? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hey, I need some help clearing space on my OS drive. It used to have about 70gb of free space but recently I check it and it only had 30. I checked to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Ian Burns2, Feb 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM.

  1. My temporary files are taking up 30+ Gb of space?


    Hey, I need some help clearing space on my OS drive. It used to have about 70gb of free space but recently I check it and it only had 30. I checked to see what taking up so much space and I noticed my temporary files are 32 gb for some reason. I'm assuming it has something to do with Cubase, but I have no idea. I tried to delete the temporary files through Windows but the largest thing I can delete from there is my downloads file which is only 3.8 gb.I tried going to the temporary files myself with %TEMP%, but I couldn't find anything near even a single mb.

    :)
     
  2. Konty_J Win User

    Temporary Files Continuously Eating Disc Space

    Recently I got an error that kept popping up on my screen saying that windows could not install an update due to low disc space. When I clicked on the link attached to the notification it took me to a page that listed the types of storage that where occupying
    my disc and gave me cleanup options. 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. However, when I got on the next day I was out of space again, I took the same steps I had taken previously to make my laptop usable. When I got on today
    storage was full again and temporary files are now taking up over 78 GB of my 117 GB hard drive.

    I have tried diagnosing the problem by looking through this forum. I tried searching for viruses but found no foreign files, I tried using all of Microsoft's build in disc cleaning programs but they are only a temporary fix that free up less that a Gigabyte,
    and I've tried direct commands to delete the temporary files on my computer. My recycling bin is empty.

    I wish I could attach pictures but I cant take a screen shot with no place to store the image. If anyone thinks they know what to do and needs a specific picture I can try to free up some space to get one.
     
  3. Skylol Win User
    Temporary Files is taking up 12gb of space but not really

    So if I go to my storage settings, it says that Temporary Files are taking up 12gb of space. However when I click on 'Temporary Files', it shows that my downloads take up 6gb of space and the rest take up about 500mb of space. What is taking up the remaining
    4.5gb?

    I remember before it said that 'old windows update files' were taking up about 3gb of space but now that file doesn't show up in storage settings
     
  4. My temporary files are taking up 30+ Gb of space?

    Can't delete temporary files in Windows 10

    Windows 10 says my temporary files have 5.16 GB of temporary files. Using this recommended method

    Step 1

    • Press Windows key + R
    • Type temp and click OK
    • Press Ctrl + A and click Delete
    Step 2

    • Press Windows key + R
    • Type %temp% and click OK
    • Press Ctrl + A and click Delete
    Step 3

    • Press Windows key + R
    • Type prefetch and click OK
    • Press Ctrl + A and click Delete
    the files don't get deleted and looking at the size of the files I find that I have less than 30 Mbytes of temporary files

    My computer (a tablet with keyboard) has only 32 GB of storage

    What do I need to do to solve this problem?
     
    Ken and MagsMay, Feb 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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