SSD not showing what is taking up too much storage

[Abzilla]

Hi! i have a 120gb ssd (i know its a little small) but when i go on storage, games then put a filter for the biggest folders it shows files that are under 750mb and i know that all of these files don't add up too 78GB of files (btw it isn't porn) i just need a lot more space, thanks in advance!!

[steffeeh]

Not sure why it's not properly showing the largest apps if they're on the 120GB SSD, but you could try downloading WinDirStat and see if that shows it properly.

[JakeNTech]

Nevermind - I didn't read it properly....sorry  

[Abzilla]

3 minutes ago, steffeeh said:

Not sure why it's not properly showing the largest apps if they're on the 120GB SSD, but you could try downloading WinDirStat and see if that shows it properly.

i have found out that most of the storage is being taken up by the user folder, what can i delete out of the user folder?

[Wauthar]

As said above, you're better off using a 3rd party software that sniffs what is taking the space on your drive. WinDirStat is a good one, or TreeSize could also be used.

[Wauthar]

1 minute ago, Abzilla said:

i have found out that most of the storage is being taken up by the user folder, what can i delete out of the user folder?

The User folder contains all your personal folders (documents, pictures etc), but also the downloads folder. Maybe it's time to clear that out?

[Abzilla]

Just now, Wauthar said:

The User folder contains all your personal folders (documents, pictures etc), but also the downloads folder. Maybe it's time to clear that out?

ok thanks

 

[Abzilla]

2 minutes ago, Wauthar said:

The User folder contains all your personal folders (documents, pictures etc), but also the downloads folder. Maybe it's time to clear that out?

to truthfully honest i have no idea what i should delete and what i shouldn't, what do you think i should delete?

[Mira Yurizaki]

Your Users folder is ~68GB and Windows is claiming you have ~78GB of apps installed, and yet Program Files is <10GB

 

Can you use WinDirStat and expand out the Users folder completely? Because something doesn't seem right.

[mariushm]

Click on that   +  to the left of the Users  in WinDirStat  and it will show you how much each folder inside Users is taking up, and then click on the + on those folders ...

 

You should also be able to see directly in the picture below under the folder tree, if it's not enabled by default, make it show by clicking on "Show treemap" in the Treemap menu (or press F9 inside the app). 

You can click there on the biggest squares or rectangles and the app will go in the folder list directly to the file which that area represents. So you see one big area, click on it, that's one file or folder which uses a lot of disk space.

[WiViW]

I am in a similar situation to you and my solution was to change default app installations to a different drive while installing programs, change windows paths for recycle bin windows apps and on chrome or whatever browser and change the downloads path. Lastly uninstall other windows programs on the start menu for maximum space saving on your boot ssd

[dalekphalm]

47 minutes ago, Abzilla said:

Hi! i have a 120gb ssd (i know its a little small) but when i go on storage, games then put a filter for the biggest folders it shows files that are under 750mb and i know that all of these files don't add up too 78GB of files (btw it isn't porn) i just need a lot more space, thanks in advance!!

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If you need to know what's taking up space, use a program such as Space Sniffer:

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/download.html

 

It will scan the SSD (or any disk you tell it to scan), and will tell you what actual files and folders are on the drive and how much space they take up. It does this through an incredibly to read GUI, it's all graphical (though you can generate reports, etc).

[Abzilla]

Thanks everybody who helped! i deleted some files and now i only use 60gb in total!