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Windows Defender Definition Updates folder taking 256 GB of space

Anonymous
2025-02-04T04:43:48+00:00

Hi All,

Windows Defender Definition Updates folder taking 256 GB of space and no free space left on C drive. Tried deleting the files but not able to do it.

We are using Sophos Antivirus.

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-02-04T05:44:00+00:00

    Hello

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community forum.

    Based on the description, I understand your question is related to Windows Defender Definition Updates.

    Since there are no engineers dedicated to this topic in this forum. in order to be able to get a quick and effective handling of your issue, I recommend that you repost your question in the Q&A forum, where there will be a dedicated engineer to give you a professional and effective reply.

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