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The temp folder is not always deleted, even after proper shutdowns, and the space can pile up to large proportions. You don't need to delete the folder itself though, only its content. You.
The temp folder is not always deleted, even after proper shutdowns, and the space can pile up to large proportions. You don't need to delete the folder itself though, only its content. You.
The question is quite straight forward, I need a list of environment variables (which is a fixed list) and is answered by Dennis Williamson.
In theory, AppData's Temp folder (%TEMP%) is the place for programs to put files that can be deleted immediately after all handles to them are closed. In practice, many programs -.
Understanding the Context
I wanted to do disk cleanup myself and found a large folder in %localappdata% called Temp. I wondered if deleting the contents of it won't harm my computer. All I know about.
Since Windows 11 (or maybe earlier) Windows Notepad internally stores unsaved files so if the application (or Windows) crashes they will be still there later. For example, Notepad++ stores.
It cannot delete the temp folders, especially in the windows folder because it is in use. you will want to delete all files in the folder and skip anything in use, instead of deleting the folder itself.
The creators of Unix and most (all?) Linux distribution maintainers on the other hand see a strong relation between temporary files and automatic removal. So much so that they chose to.
Key Insights
Make sure you are indeed in the temp folder, then hit yes. Normally I would say, just shift-delete it, but it appears that IBM stores sensitive userdata in the temp folder. It will try to delete.
When I open the temp folder by using Run and then %temp% it only shows around 40-50MB of files right after boot. How can I remove these 20GB of invisible files? I only have a 240GB.
The location you mentioned is the default location for System Environment Variable "TEMP" or "TMP". Applications use the TEMP for storing temporary data, data that will be needed for the specific user.
