Windows 10: Storage Temporary Files taking up much more space than individual files

In my "Storage usage" setting, it states I have 55.4 GB of "Temporary files." When I open "Temporary files" it allows me to only remove 702 MB of files. I would like to remove all 55.4 GB and I don't see how I can do it. Is there a way to manually delete this massive amount of storage space that it is taking up?

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Unable to delete temporary files

Hi Sumit,

Looks like you are running out of storage space, let's walk you through the steps of running
Disc cleanup for your Windows 10 device.

To delete temporary files, kindly follow these steps:

• Press the Windows key to launch the Start menu.
• Type in Disc cleanup and press Enter.
• Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
• Select OK.

If you need to free up more space, you can also delete system files:

• Press the Windows key to launch the Start menu.
• Type in Disc cleanup and press Enter.
• In Disk cleanup, select Clean up system files.
• Select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
• Select OK.

If the suggestions above didn't work, feel free to post back so we can further troubleshoot.

 

Unusual Option for Removal of Temporary Files for System/Setting/Storage/This PC/Temporary Files

Hello,

I have Windows 10 version 1803 on HP Spectre x360 laptop with a SSD drive, 232 GB.

I have 170 GB of free space. There are no saved documents, pictures or videos.

I have only installed apps and software installed when I purchased the laptop.

My question is:

When I go to Windows Setting, select System, select Storage, select Local Storage/This PC, Storage Usage displays, select Temporary Files showing 423 MB from the selections offered.

Upon selection for Temporary Files, it opens - shows listings for the Remove Temporary Files.

Two particular selections/options to remove files concern me.

These are:

Deletes all system restore points - 4.28 GB

Compress your OD drive - 13.7 GB

These two are not checked for removal, rather they are highlighted in White.

Why are these particular two items are being displayed?

Will these eventually disappear or remain forever?

Any suggestions, recommendations or advice to these questions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Unable to Delete Temporary Files in my Windows 10 pc

Changing the Virtual memory settings had no impact on being able to remove the Temporary files listed.

It seems there's another way to get at the Temporary files that is in Windows 10 (I'm using 10.0.15063). From the Windows menu, Settings->System->Select the Storage item from the left. Under Local storage, click the drive you want (most likely labeled
My Computer on the C drive). This takes you to a list of file groups sorted by how much space it occupies. Find the Temporary files one and click it. This takes you to a checkbox list of items, one of which is Temporary files. Check it (and any others
you want) and click the Remove files button.

After this I cleared up almost 500GB of space. Oddly (or maybe not), the size of the Temporary files from this was larger than the one reported by Disk Cleanup.