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I believe you can delete the Roaming folder (C:\Users\(YOUR_USER_NAME\APPDATA\ROAMING)

Nooooooo! Do not delete! I repeat do not delete this folder!

This folder contains your (most of them, the rest on the registry, or use both) software configurations and settings, and your account registry section (HKEY_CURRENT_USER).

What you can delete is: C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local.

You can safely delete it all, technically, but due to running programs, and account, it might not be able to.

But I suggest:

- Run CCleaner (don't clean your registry) to empty web browser cache, temp folder, and so on.

- Then go under the Temp folder, under "C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local", and delete everything you can. CCleaner, for some reason, doesn't do a good job at cleaning it. Hit "Skip" on files you can't delete (those are fine, they are being in used).

- Empty recycling bin. This should free up some space

- Then go to My PC right-click on your C:\ drive, select Properties, apanel will open. On that panel, click on Disk Cleanup. It will start scanning your system on what it can delete. Wait until it is done. Once done, a new panel will show, and on that one click on clean up system files. It will scan again your system. Once done, check all boxes, and click on OK.

- Another thing you can do to save space, make sure that your Downloads folder is empty, or you sorted your stuff that you want to keep from your downloads.

- If you have an HDD, you can link any of your personal folders: Documents, Music, Videos, etc. To your HDD in a respective directory that you create. Very easy to do, make the folder in your HDD of the folder you want to move, say for example "Documents", then right-click on "My Documents" in your personal folders, then click on "Properties", then on the panel that will show, click on "Locations" tab. Here you can define the new locations of Documents. set it to your HDD drive\Documents, then click on Apply. Windows will ask you in a big dialog box, if you want to move the files, click on Yes. And then all your files will be moved to the HDD, and the Documents folder will now be on your HDD instead of your small C:\ drive. Be sure to do this on an internal HDD drive.

Another location you can free up is teh system Temp folder. Windows normally does a good job at cleaning itself, but in the case it didn't, go to: C:\Windows\Temp. Windows will ask you permission when you'll open Temp folder, click on "Continue" button, and delete everything inside. EMpty the recycling bin.

All the above step should save you significantly amount of space, if you haven;t done them already.

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So my C disc has 100 GB but it is full ( I have only 1% free space ). But I can't delete anything. Only thing I have on it is windows and a few programs that I really need ( they take about 5 GB ). Then I found out that my appdata folder is very big ( around 60 GB ). I really need the space but I don't know what can I delete inside it.

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Depends on what you have there

 

You can delete your .minecraft folder that takes 40GB :D

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Depends on what you have there

 

You can delete your .minecraft folder that takes 40GB :D

I just found out that in app data/local there is a folder temp and it's huge... But I don't get it.

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Try CCleaner first? http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

 

My local temp folder is only 6GB.

 

Just curious, can you find where the majority of the space is being taken up by? Or is it just random temp files?

Well there are plenty of files, I did notice that the most space is being taken by some files associated with games I have installed ( exe files ). But all my games are installed on D: drive. Can I somehow make appdata folder be on D: drive in future because I have plenty space there?

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I believe you can delete the Roaming folder (C:\Users\(YOUR_USER_NAME\APPDATA\ROAMING)

Nooooooo! Do not delete! I repeat do not delete this folder!

This folder contains your (most of them, the rest on the registry, or use both) software configurations and settings, and your account registry section (HKEY_CURRENT_USER).

What you can delete is: C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local.

You can safely delete it all, technically, but due to running programs, and account, it might not be able to.

But I suggest:

- Run CCleaner (don't clean your registry) to empty web browser cache, temp folder, and so on.

- Then go under the Temp folder, under "C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local", and delete everything you can. CCleaner, for some reason, doesn't do a good job at cleaning it. Hit "Skip" on files you can't delete (those are fine, they are being in used).

- Empty recycling bin. This should free up some space

- Then go to My PC right-click on your C:\ drive, select Properties, apanel will open. On that panel, click on Disk Cleanup. It will start scanning your system on what it can delete. Wait until it is done. Once done, a new panel will show, and on that one click on clean up system files. It will scan again your system. Once done, check all boxes, and click on OK.

- Another thing you can do to save space, make sure that your Downloads folder is empty, or you sorted your stuff that you want to keep from your downloads.

- If you have an HDD, you can link any of your personal folders: Documents, Music, Videos, etc. To your HDD in a respective directory that you create. Very easy to do, make the folder in your HDD of the folder you want to move, say for example "Documents", then right-click on "My Documents" in your personal folders, then click on "Properties", then on the panel that will show, click on "Locations" tab. Here you can define the new locations of Documents. set it to your HDD drive\Documents, then click on Apply. Windows will ask you in a big dialog box, if you want to move the files, click on Yes. And then all your files will be moved to the HDD, and the Documents folder will now be on your HDD instead of your small C:\ drive. Be sure to do this on an internal HDD drive.

Another location you can free up is teh system Temp folder. Windows normally does a good job at cleaning itself, but in the case it didn't, go to: C:\Windows\Temp. Windows will ask you permission when you'll open Temp folder, click on "Continue" button, and delete everything inside. EMpty the recycling bin.

All the above step should save you significantly amount of space, if you haven;t done them already.

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Nooooooo! Do not delete! I repeat do not delete this folder!

This folder contains your (most of them, the rest on the registry, or use both) software configurations and settings, and your account registry section (HKEY_CURRENT_USER).

What you can delete is: C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local.

You can safely delete it all, technically, but due to running programs, and account, it might not be able to.

But I suggest:

- Run CCleaner (don't clean your registry) to empty web browser cache, temp folder, and so on.

- Then go under the Temp folder, under "C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local", and delete everything you can. CCleaner, for some reason, doesn't do a good job at cleaning it. Hit "Skip" on files you can't delete (those are fine, they are being in used).

- Empty recycling bin. This should free up some space

- Then go to My PC right-click on your C:\ drive, select Properties, apanel will open. On that panel, click on Disk Cleanup. It will start scanning your system on what it can delete. Wait until it is done. Once done, a new panel will show, and on that one click on clean up system files. It will scan again your system. Once done, check all boxes, and click on OK.

- Another thing you can do to save space, make sure that your Downloads folder is empty, or you sorted your stuff that you want to keep from your downloads.

- If you have an HDD, you can link any of your personal folders: Documents, Music, Videos, etc. To your HDD in a respective directory that you create. Very easy to do, make the folder in your HDD of the folder you want to move, say for example "Documents", then right-click on "My Documents" in your personal folders, then click on "Properties", then on the panel that will show, click on "Locations" tab. Here you can define the new locations of Documents. set it to your HDD drive\Documents, then click on Apply. Windows will ask you in a big dialog box, if you want to move the files, click on Yes. And then all your files will be moved to the HDD, and the Documents folder will now be on your HDD instead of your small C:\ drive. Be sure to do this on an internal HDD drive.

Another location you can free up is teh system Temp folder. Windows normally does a good job at cleaning itself, but in the case it didn't, go to: C:\Windows\Temp. Windows will ask you permission when you'll open Temp folder, click on "Continue" button, and delete everything inside. EMpty the recycling bin.

All the above step should save you significantly amount of space, if you haven;t done them already.

Thats why now chrome isn't remembering my password.

I thought is was just a Temp data that stored data for programs and constantly being replaced but that is clearly not true.

@KilimanjaroGaming don't do it!!!

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Thats why now chrome isn't remembering my password.

I thought is was just a Temp data that stored data for programs and constantly being replaced but that is clearly not true.

@KilimanjaroGaming don't do it!!!

...I think being out of space is more pressing than chrome not remembering passwords, but you might want to try lastpass.

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Nooooooo! Do not delete! I repeat do not delete this folder!This folder contains your (most of them, the rest on the registry, or use both) software configurations and settings, and your account registry section (HKEY_CURRENT_USER).What you can delete is: C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local.You can safely delete it all, technically, but due to running programs, and account, it might not be able to.But I suggest:- Run CCleaner (don't clean your registry) to empty web browser cache, temp folder, and so on.- Then go under the Temp folder, under "C:\Users\<Acccount name>\AppData\Local", and delete everything you can. CCleaner, for some reason, doesn't do a good job at cleaning it. Hit "Skip" on files you can't delete (those are fine, they are being in used).- Empty recycling bin. This should free up some space- Then go to My PC right-click on your C:\ drive, select Properties, apanel will open. On that panel, click on Disk Cleanup. It will start scanning your system on what it can delete. Wait until it is done. Once done, a new panel will show, and on that one click on clean up system files. It will scan again your system. Once done, check all boxes, and click on OK.- Another thing you can do to save space, make sure that your Downloads folder is empty, or you sorted your stuff that you want to keep from your downloads.- If you have an HDD, you can link any of your personal folders: Documents, Music, Videos, etc. To your HDD in a respective directory that you create. Very easy to do, make the folder in your HDD of the folder you want to move, say for example "Documents", then right-click on "My Documents" in your personal folders, then click on "Properties", then on the panel that will show, click on "Locations" tab. Here you can define the new locations of Documents. set it to your HDD drive\Documents, then click on Apply. Windows will ask you in a big dialog box, if you want to move the files, click on Yes. And then all your files will be moved to the HDD, and the Documents folder will now be on your HDD instead of your small C:\ drive. Be sure to do this on an internal HDD drive.Another location you can free up is teh system Temp folder. Windows normally does a good job at cleaning itself, but in the case it didn't, go to: C:\Windows\Temp. Windows will ask you permission when you'll open Temp folder, click on "Continue" button, and delete everything inside. EMpty the recycling bin.All the above step should save you significantly amount of space, if you haven;t done them already.

Thank you man I almost deleted roaming folder haha lucky you replied...

This helps a lot

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Yes very true.

Also, if you are under Windows 7, you can shrink the pagefile if you are jam pack with RAM. I said shrink not disabled.

Windows 8.x should be doing a good job to not make a too big page file (ie: if you have 32GB of RAM, it won't make a 32GB page file like Windows 7), if I recall correctly. If I am wrong, regardless, you can shrink it.

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