C:\Users\..\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data is taking up around 90GB of space

Question

To whom it may concern,

I am using windows 11 at the moment. I have discovered that the following folder

C:\Users..\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data

is getting larger and larger to the point that it is taking one third of my SSD hard drive space.

I personally don't use edge but opera GX. Can I remove these files without any consequences?

Please advise. Many thanks for your kind assistance.

Regards

Louk

Answer 1

Hi, I'm Sumit, here to answer your query at the Microsoft Community.

Apologies for any inconvenience you are experiencing. I am happy to help you today.

Most of the Storage is taken by Microsoft Edge Snapshots feature. It is a feature that restores Microsoft Edge to an exact version at the point it was saved.

You can delete everything under Snapshots if you don't wish to use that feature.

I hope this information is helpful. If you have any further questions, please feel free to reach out to us. Good luck!