Windows 10: Deleting Large Files

So I want to delete this giant file with over 350,000 items in it and it takes about 50 gigs of space. I want to delete it but the file is so big it wont start deleting and the progress would always stay at 0. How do i fix this.

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Files & Folders View as medium or large Icons

To assist you better, we would suggest that you try to follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer.
• Once you are viewing a folder, right click an empty space within the File Explorer window and select View from the dialogue menu, then choose Large or any icon you wanted to use. Alternatively, you can use the following shortcut keys on the keyboard to
  change your View settings:

• CTRL + SHIFT + 1 Extra Large
• CTRL + SHIFT + 2 Large icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 3 Medium Icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 4 Small Icons
• CTRL + SHIFT + 5 List
• CTRL + SHIFT + 6 Details
• CTRL + SHIFT + 7 Tiles
• CTRL + SHIFT + 8 Content

3. Once you have the view set, you can make it the default view for

every folder.

4. Click Apply, then click OK.

Update us on the result.

 

deleting hard drive files

Hi,

May we know what type of file are you trying to delete? Would it be Office documents, media files, or picture files? If you're trying to delete files for free some space on your device. We suggest to perform a Disc Cleanup. Kindly follow the steps below to
perform the task:

• Type in Cortana Disc Cleanup
  
• Choose the files to delete
  
• Click on "Clean up system files"
  
• Click on Ok
  

For any concerns, don't hesitate to get back to us.

Regards.

 

Deleting the temporary files

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

Please provide some additional information, so that we can assist you better.

1. Are you facing issues with any other files apart from Office suites?
   

However, I suggest you to follow the below mentioned steps:

1. Open Control panel.

2. Select System and security.

3. Administrative tools.

4. Open Disk Cleanup.

5. Click on Clean up system files.

Note: Usually the large files are the system files that will not appear unless you clean on clean system files and that was the missing step in most proposed solution.

6. You can select the large files appear in the Files to delete window.

7. Deleting your previous version of Windows can’t be undone.

You may refer Microsoft article to make free space on your Windows 10.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4026616/windows-10-disk-cleanup.

Note: If you need to free up drive space, you can safely delete it, but keep in mind that you'll be deleting your Windows. Old folder, which contains files that give you the option
to go back to your previous version of Windows.

Hope it helps.

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Harish

Microsoft Community – Moderator