Windows 10: Clear up AppData folder/s

Hi,

Does anybody know of any application that can cross-check your registry and/or Program Files folder with the appdata folder to delete any folders to programs that no longer exist on your pc.?

I have a 128GB SSD and I'm trying to get rid of alot of space because it only has 8 GB left. I've tried CCleaner but that doesn't touch the AppData folder afaik and it is currently sitting at 18GB.

Thanks *Smile

:)

 

Clearing the AppData folder and the temp files.

Use Treesize to see what is taking up the space:

TreeSize Free - Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs

 

Clearing the AppData folder and the temp files.

The AppData keeps important information about your applications such as the Microsoft Word Dictionary and other personalized settings for applications such as Chrome or programs.

Here is how you free up clear up unwanted data:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki...

also see:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/maximize-stora...

 

Not for cross checking, but can list all folders and their size with program like Treesize free or similar.
I bet most of files will be from MS.
This is how mine looks:
after that, it's easy to uninstall unwanted.

 

Have you tried below command in an elevated command prompt?
Code: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup[/quote]

 

[/quote] A new info to me and I tried it.
I am not sure what did it do although it said operation successful.

 

It clears the winsxs folder of redundant or not needed anymore updates.

 

Thank you.
Is there a way to see what it actually cleanup ?

 

That may be, but I'm not aware of any.
I do know how to find out how much of space is freed, but that's just an extra thing I like to know *Smile

 

OK. I won't divert the attention that should be placed on the OP's question.
Thank you.

 

Interesting thing, that WInSxS folder likes to grow.
Tried this command. Didn't do much. Still 5.6 GB in WinSxS folder. *Huh Not, that this is much problem to me.

But OP asked about Appdata folder.

 

I used the TreeSize program you recommended and managed to remove/relocate a few folders but I found this





does anyone know what this file does because I'm sure 25 GB isn't the size it is supposed to be. I tried to Google it but, apparently Google isn't as all knowing as I thought.

 

You can reclaim almost 10GB+- using the compact command-line util. Open an elevated cmd prompt for invoking it.

E.G. compact /compactos:always
compact /c /a /i /s /exe:xpress16k "c:\program files"\*
compact /c /a /i /s /exe:xpress16k "c:\program files (x86)"\*
compact /c /a /i /s /exe:xpress16k "c:\windows\assembly"\*
compact /c /a /i /s /exe:xpress16k "c:\windows\inf"\*
compact /c /a /i /s /exe:xpress16k "c:\windows\InfusedApps"\*
compact /c /a /i /s /exe:xpress16k "c:\windows\fonts"\*

Do not touch anything else. Your system might not boot or something.

PS. LZX is an even stronger compression method than xpress16 (exe:lzx) but it may need some serious horsepower cpu.

 

Virus definition databases can be large (I use defender and it is ~350MB) but 25GB seems way over the top- that is far more than the whole of Windows.

It is odd design (slightly suspicious even) to store data in Program Files directory but perhaps that is how Bitdefender works - I don't know. As you can see from your picture it was updated at 3AM this morning.

I'd uninstall bitdefender completely using their tool Uninstall Bitdefender , reboot, and then (assuming you are using it as your AV) install it again.

 

I would seek support from Bitdefender, or just reinstall their software (clean the mess in between installations).
Nice, that you found a problem.