Temporary files increasing every day by the gigabyte

Anonymous
2019-04-05T12:22:36+00:00

Yesterday I went to a computer repair person because I was getting messages that I was out of storage.  He had never heard of this problem but he ran a piece of software and said I would be good for a long time.  Well since yesterday another 6 gigs of temporary files have appeared in my storage.  I read some other articles first in this forum and tried the troubleshooter method and that didn't do anything.  It said it could not find anything wrong.  I don't want to bring it back to the computer repair person because he was just as perplexed as I am right now.

James

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-04-05T14:01:05+00:00

    I did what you suggested and downloaded the software.  Shown here is the result

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  2. DaveM121 936.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-04-05T14:03:07+00:00

    Hi James

    Everything there looks very normal, with the exception of the users folder

    Expand that folder in TreeSize and check for any sub-folder that should not be taking up unexpected space . . .

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-04-05T15:06:49+00:00

    Dave:  Not sure but it looks to be in the Outlook files.  You tell me what you think

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  4. DaveM121 936.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2019-04-05T15:12:32+00:00

    Hi James, yes, that does seem to be a huge archive of Outlook files, it is taking nearly 16GB of space

    Do you keep your Email data going back a long time?

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-04-05T15:32:46+00:00

    No I don;t need to keep old emails.  I can probably figure out how to get to that but what I don't understand is why the temporary files are expanding rapidly.  I generally delete many of my emails in my deleted folder on a regular basis.  Even if I delete them, I fear that the temporary files will continue to increase.

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