Windows 10: My C: drive is filling up for no reason

Discus and support My C: drive is filling up for no reason in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; A few days ago I had over 170 GB free space on my C: drive, and yesterday when I checked I only had 50 GB free space. I checked the Apps & Features,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by How2Code™ Group LTD., May 7, 2021.

  1. HOW2CODE™ GROUP LTD.
    How2Code™ Group LTD. Win User

    My C: drive is filling up for no reason


    A few days ago I had over 170 GB free space on my C: drive, and yesterday when I checked I only had 50 GB free space. I checked the Apps & Features, uninstalled all the apps I don't need, I also went Settings > System > Storage and checked for what fills up the most storage, tryed emptying the "temp", "%temp%" and "prefetch" folder, running the Windows Sweap or whatever the name is, running windows clean-up, defrag, checking the AppData files and everything I could find that would take so much space 120GB and didn't find anything, managed to only barelly free up 10 GB....So I

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    How2Code™ Group LTD., May 7, 2021
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  2. BRIGHTPOPZ
    BrightPopz Win User

    C drive filling for no apparent reason

    Hello, these few days I have been continuously using disk cleanup and deleting junk in the temp files to free up space in my C drive. After that, it only saved up around 3 GB of space which were then used up again, and my drive is almost full again. I
    am not downloading any programs or anything, so I have no reason why it keeps filling up. When I try to clean up now, I'll only be saving KB's of space, and the temp files are not filled with junk. Please help.
     
    BrightPopz, May 7, 2021
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  3. [SUEJIN]
    [Suejin] Win User
    C drive space filling

    Have you check if Windows is currently downloading an update?

    You can try the suggested steps on this article:

    https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/...

    This is a non-Microsoft website which would provide accurate and safe information. Watch out for ads on the site which are frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). There is no need to buy paid products to fix your computers as they do
    more harm than good sometimes.
     
    [Suejin], May 7, 2021
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  4. BTWISSLE
    BTwissle Win User

    My C: drive is filling up for no reason

    My C Drive keeps filling for no reason...

    Hi all, Since I did the most recent windows 10 update my C drive has been filling for no reason at all that I Can find. Ive looked through hidden and protected files and highlighted them all and they are using 100gb yet my 256gb ssd has 15gb free, this makes
    no sense to me. Ive looked through articles and cant find anything and im beginning to get frustrated.

    Can anyone help,

    Thanks in advance
     
    BTwissle, May 7, 2021
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