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2022-01-04T16:00:33+00:00

how did my ProgramData folder reach 314 GB ? when I checked the contents of the folder, it doesn't amount to 10-15gb of data...

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  1. Rodrigo Queiroz 71,495 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-01-04T16:36:15+00:00

    Hi Marc,

    I'm Rodrigo and I will help you.

    You can use the program TreeSIze (link below) to check the size of the folders and find where is all this 314 GB of files. Some programs like those from Adobe use Program Data folder to store some cache data and this cache can get too big.

    https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-01-05T11:57:50+00:00

    Thank you so much for this! I downloaded the software and found the file that was taking up too much space, and it seems like it was my virtual drive.
    But what makes no sense is that my virtual drive only occupies 231GB of data, so how does the virtual drive folder have 306GB?

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