Windows 10: Temporary Files saying 3 GB but when tryed cleaning says something lower

so my PC has really low space and i wanted to update it to the latest windows version, but i needed more space, so it sent me to a tab that says to install updates in external space or at the bottom "i dont want to use external space"i pressed the bottom one so then i get sent to setting to clean up some temporary files, since it was 4 GB it was taking a while, so i went to do something else and accidentally closed the settings tab when it was cleaning. i opened it back up and it said 3 GB but when i click to clean it only says 86 Mb or something lower, what should i do? i tryed restarting my pc but it still said 3 GB in temporary files. (by the way if you're saying it might of finished cleaning it didnt, i checked the available space and it didnt clean 4GB only 1GB.

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Can't delete temporary files in Windows 10

Windows 10 says my temporary files have 5.16 GB of temporary files. Using this recommended method

Step 1

• Press Windows key + R
• Type temp and click OK
• Press Ctrl + A and click Delete

Step 2

• Press Windows key + R
• Type %temp% and click OK
• Press Ctrl + A and click Delete

Step 3

• Press Windows key + R
• Type prefetch and click OK
• Press Ctrl + A and click Delete

the files don't get deleted and looking at the size of the files I find that I have less than 30 Mbytes of temporary files

My computer (a tablet with keyboard) has only 32 GB of storage

What do I need to do to solve this problem?

 

How To Delete Temporary Internet Files And Temporary Files In Windows 10

Hi,

As you are saying that you are not able to delete the temporary internet files and temporary Files in Windows 10.

Provide us with the below details for better clarity on the issue.

1.Have you installed any third party applications to clean up temporary Files?

2.In the Disk Cleanup had you checked the Temporary Internet files and Temporary files before doing disk cleanup?

I suggest you to follow the below steps and try deleting the temporary internet files.

• Open Internet Explorer by typing Internet Explorer in Search Bar. Click the
  Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
• Click the General tab, and then, under Browsing history, click
  Delete.
• In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, select the check boxes for the information you want to delete, click
  Delete, and then click OK.

I also suggest you refer the Microsoft article on View and delete browser history in Microsoft Edge
and check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/view-delete-browsing-history-microsoft-edge

Let us know if the issue with the deletion of temporary files is resolved we will be glad to assist you further.

 

DiskClean Won't Delete Temporary Internet Files

What are the 1, 2, 3....steps to clean temporary files and history in Edge?

I have 2.5 GB of temporary that I cannot erase.

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