Windows 10: 45 gigs of my windows drive is occupied by these ETL logs. What are they and can I delete them?

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Can I DELETE System.1.etl file ?!

I have Windows 10 Pro x64, all updates are done. In disk C: I find an ETL file said (System.1.etl). Can I DELETE it?

C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!121\Microsoft\F12\etw\log\C8839E0B-4FEF-4D1C-95B3-DD70015A5E66thank you.

 

Can I DELETE System.1.etl file ?!

Hello Houssem,

ETL stands for Event Trace Log file which is created by Microsoft Tracelog. Windows records application and system-level warnings, errors, or other events to a binary file called the event trace log, which can then be used
to troubleshoot potential problems. You can delete the file and deleting it will not affect your system.

For more information, please refer to this article to know more information about Trace Log.

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ETL Collector svc, What is it?

Etl collector service does exactly what it sounds like. Ir runs (and needs to) to collect various log files from various sources and stores them where they need to go. Most ETL log files are stored in C:\windows\logs and these are some of the sources.
There is a decent 3rd party site called blackviper.com that will tell you what services can safely be turned off (or removed)