Windows 10: Temporary files eating up 20gb+ of storage space??

Temporary files is eating up 20gb+ of storage on my device but when I go to it, it doesn't let me free up the space, can someone help?




I'm not low on storage or anything but I'd like to know why that suddenly took up so much space on my hard drive.

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Temporary Files Continuously Eating Disc Space

Recently I got an error that kept popping up on my screen saying that windows could not install an update due to low disc space. When I clicked on the link attached to the notification it took me to a page that listed the types of storage that where occupying
my disc and gave me cleanup options. Temporary files was taking up much of my disc space with roughly 42 GB dedicated to it. So I ran the cleanup tools on that and the other storage folders, this only freed up a few hundred MB. Since this was not enough I
deleted some applications to free up space. This worked temporarily and I was able to use my computer. However, when I got on the next day I was out of space again, I took the same steps I had taken previously to make my laptop usable. When I got on today
storage was full again and temporary files are now taking up over 78 GB of my 117 GB hard drive.

I have tried diagnosing the problem by looking through this forum. I tried searching for viruses but found no foreign files, I tried using all of Microsoft's build in disc cleaning programs but they are only a temporary fix that free up less that a Gigabyte,
and I've tried direct commands to delete the temporary files on my computer. My recycling bin is empty.

I wish I could attach pictures but I cant take a screen shot with no place to store the image. If anyone thinks they know what to do and needs a specific picture I can try to free up some space to get one.

 

Temporary files are eating away my storage!!

Unfortunately this video doesn't help. The issue is that some malfunction within windows itself is constantly eating up space. Even if I use clean up apps, the storage is filled up again within hours.

 

Something is eating my free storage space

Something is eating my free storage space. I almost ran our of space on the drive where Windows 10 is installed. So I compressed that whole drive. That freed up 9 GB. However, over the next couple days that free space became, 7 the 6 then 5 then 4
and now 2.5 GB. I have installed no new apps or software and clean out all system files such as temporary files, recycle bin, etc. every day. Any idea what can be causing this and what can I do before the whole computer locks up?