Windows 10: Packages folder of 300gb

Hey everyone,I am trying to clear out some drive space since my main SSD was almost full. When i tried to locate the large file it turned out to be within the packages file C:\users\Luca\AppData\Local\Packages I have no clue how i can reduce the size. Is it okay to delete files? I havent figured out which of the folders it is within the packages folder since it contains 124 folders. Can anyone help? It would be greatly appreciated!Please let me know if there is further information required!Kind regards,LucaSystem:Windows 10 education 21H2OS build: 19044.2251Drives:1x NVMe 1TB C: <-- c

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my windows folder is taking up 300GB of my space. Why?

My windows folder is taking up 300GB of my space. I've had this issue before, but forgot the resolution.

 

Downloads folder is the Documents folder

Hi Chris,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to Restore to Default the folders and document settings and see if it helps.

Step 1:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Download folder.
• Right click on the Download Folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

Step 2:

Please follow below steps and check if it helps.

• Go to Documents folder.
• Right click on the Document folder and go to Properties.
• In Properties go to Location tab.
• In location Tab Click on Restore Default.

After performing above steps change the settings as you required and check if it helps.

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Quick Access not searching Pictures folder

Summary, that last suggestion didn't work.

• I moved the pictures to another folder temporarily.

• Then I tried to remove the Pictures folder with option one at Add or Remove Folders from This PC in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials. Even after rebooting, the Pictures folder remained.
• So I tried using option two. Same thing: reboot >> Pictures folder still there.

• Since there were no troubleshooting steps for this scenario, just for the heck of it, I ran through the restore steps. Copied some pictures into the Pictures folder, ran a Quick Access search and initial problem remains: Searching all of QA doesn't find any files in Pictures folder, running search on just the Pictures folder does. I want to run a global search and find matching files in any/all of the Documents, Music, Videos, and Pictures folders.

That article dates from 2015 and I'm guessing is out of date. I hope it didn't create potential future problems in my registry.

Bottom line: I'm still looking for a fix.