the c-drive is automatically getting fill up - Aspire 5 i5

mrigankaghosh9

the c-drive is automatically getting fill up, day by day the space is decreasing. pls suggest

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JackE

That's fine. You can always delete personal files and programs that you don't need if it gets too full. Usually takes a long time unless you have a small 32GB or 64GB emmc C-drive.

mrigankaghosh9

the extra space which has been captured it's not showing in c;drive, only i can see that in space section in settings. suppose today its showing 242 gb is left then tomorrow its showing 292 gb is left, everyday its fluctuating without downloading anything

JackE

Very normal. This is called 'caching' and 'cookies'. You don't download anything. The websites you visit or the programs you run do this automatically so that  passwords are temporarily stored on the disk so you don't have to keep entering them, or your location is identified and stored on the disk, etc. When you exit the  website browser some of this information is automatically erased from the disk. Some of it is stored on the for the next time you browse This is why you should be careful on the type of websites you visit. There is nothing you can do to stop this except by disconnecting your laptop from the internet.

mrigankaghosh9

so, how can i erase these data????? can u help me out..

JackE

What web browser do you use? FireFox? Chrome? Edge? There are settings in the browser to erase cookies and history data. This is usually not a good idea though. Why do you feel that you need to erase this information? You have a large C : \ drive that will take many years to fill up with ordinary use. Jack E/NJ

mrigankaghosh9

the thing is that the problem started after the windows update

JackE

Still normal. Every Win10 update adds, removes things on C : \. Major Win10 updates that happen about every 6 mos may add or remove even more. I suggest that you stop monitoring and fretting over free space on your drive. New HDDs and SSDs have gotten such high capacities in recent years that changes in free space can vary by many GBs in a short period of time is very common. Remember, one GB represents only about one or two tenths of one percent of the total capacity of these new drives.  

Easwar

Hi mrigankaghosh9,

May I know the full model name of your unit.

mrigankaghosh9

Easwar said:

Hi mrigankaghosh9,

May I know the full model name of your unit.

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