Why am I losing storage so quick without doing anything and without any malware?

[RTX 3070 I7 11800h]

I just came back from filming some stuff and then I open file explorer to find that I have 111mb left. I remember having over 12gb so I delete one of my games and then I have 10gb left. After 10 seconds I lost 190mb of storage for no reason. Can someone help me with this because it is becoming a problem.

[Fried.Bacon]

have you one through a recent windows update? Sometimes update files are left by the system
You can check it in Storage Settings (just search for it @ start)

 

The view should show you a general view on your storage utilization.
To delete temporary files, just click Temporay Files and delete files as required.

You can also use a 3rd-party software WinDirStat to further help you pinpoint storage usage.

[RTX 3070 I7 11800h]

58 minutes ago, Fried.Bacon said:

have you one through a recent windows update? Sometimes update files are left by the system
You can check it in Storage Settings (just search for it @ start)

 

The view should show you a general view on your storage utilization.
To delete temporary files, just click Temporay Files and delete files as required.

You can also use a 3rd-party software WinDirStat to further help you pinpoint storage usage.

I just did a windows update. Maybe it is my external SSD's and SD cards because whenever I unplug them my storage frees up a bit.

[Gamer4714]

Also run disk cleanup and choose cleanup system files. It can have recent windows update's files saved for backup.

 

[Covelight]

Try ccleaner - it will wipe away all the rubbish (and may other files so be carefull with that you tick)

[RTX 3070 I7 11800h]

4 hours ago, Gamer4714 said:

Also run disk cleanup and choose cleanup system files. It can have recent windows update's files saved for backup.

 

I run disk cleanup every week

[RTX 3070 I7 11800h]

2 hours ago, Covelight said:

Try ccleaner - it will wipe away all the rubbish (and may other files so be carefull with that you tick)

I guess I can try.

[aramini]

The page at this link provides some possible causes (and fixes) for this kind of issue...

 

Windows 10 Showing Wrong Hard Disk Free Space-Quick Fix It [Partition Magic]

 

Also...

• You could have a lot of old system restore points taking up space. Certain Windows updates will create a restore point before installing.

 

• When you delete files, they are marked for deletion but don't actually free up the space until you empty recycle bin. When you empty recycle bin the space is allocated as free space even though the files are actually still there until something else overwrites them (which is why files can possibly be recovered with data recovery tools) or you use a tool such as ccleaner to wipe free space.

 

• Corruption of the NTFS file system could cause false reporting of free space.

 

• Failing or faulty HDD/SSD could cause false reporting of free space.