Unable to clear Volume shadow copies in D Drive

Question

Recently we are starting getting this issue that we are not able to clear the volume shadow copies for D Drive on Windows server, it is 2019 OS.
I scanned through tree size i can only see one file in Volume shadow copy consuming 44.7 GB, and the capacity od D Drive is 50 GB. I also checked shadow copies setting and nothing configured there, everything is cleared from shadow copies, but this fill is not deleting, it seems some corrupted shadow copy file not cleared. Can any one help on this how to get rid of this 44.7 GB of file.
Please find attached snap for your understanding.D Drive Shadow Copies.png

Answer 1

Hi Shalabh,

Hope you're doing well.

We can use the following command to check shadows copies in D drive:

vssadmin list shadows

vssadmin list shadows | Microsoft Learn

Use the following commands to delete shadow copies:

(1) vssadmin delete shadows /all

(2) By using diskshadow:

a. diskshadow

b. delete shadows volume D:

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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