Windows 10: Temp folder gets quickly packed with files naming replica-local-index-xxxxxxxx

I have a Windows-SSDC: with 200GB storage. However, recent days I found the temp folder takes more than 70GB and if you clean some files in it, it gets packed full quickly. I find the problem is that in temp folderUser/Appdata/local/temp there are lots of files with names replica-local-index-xxxxx xxxxx being string of digits each of which takes ~500MB. I would like to know which application created these files and whether I can safely detele them and how to prevent them from showing up again. Disk cleanup cannot clean these files

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Indexing local files and files stored on OneDrive for Business

Hi Tim,



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Windows 10 has a search indexing service that creates as index of all files in your Windows 10 that greatly improves look up speed. We would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below to add folders to Indexing Options.

1. Open Indexing Options by searching for it in search bar.
   
2. Click on Modify and choose the folders in the
   Change selected locations.
   
3. Then click on OK and Windows will immediately start indexing the new folder.
   

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about temp folder

Hi Hector,

The temp folder provides work space for programs. Yes they can be deleted. We suggest that you follow the steps provided by Sangeeta Sarkar on how to delete Temp files on this

link. You may also type in the search box Disk Cleanup and hit enter. It will evaluate your disk and give you a list of folders sizes that can be deleted.

Keep us updated on the status of the issue. We will be glad to assist you further.

Regards.

 

Windows temp folder filling quickly

Hi,

Can you see the iso file? Here it's on my desktop. It could equally be listed in file explorer.

Rt clicking it shows the context menu.

The green arrow shows you the Mount option.

Click that, and the content of the iso file is available as the next available drive letter in alphabetic order.