#weird problem with space

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yo so i have a problem, my pc has 465 gb in total and i only have about 24 gb left in space, the thing is i have about 3 big games or whatever downloaded which from what i looked at only take up about 170 in total. now my question is why do i have no space for other things, what is taking up all this space. ive already tried cleanig the cache and temp and all that

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are you using this as your boot drive?

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windows is probably taking up a bit of space but you might also just have random files or dlc

devout sand
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It could also be hidden files

atomic egret
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Run the disk cleanup utility in Windows. Also, you can prune out older superseded updates cached in the WinSxS folder by running the following command (elevated run-as Admin)

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

But two things to note. First, you'll want to ensure the health of your existing OS image by running the following.

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

If all is healthy, than proceed with the component cleanup. Just be forewarned that it resets the base of the OS so that older updates installed prior can NOT be uninstalled. But future updates offered each month will install just fine. Normally this isn't an issue unless you suspect you either installed an update that's bugged, or are running the OS in a production environment. For home users and gaming environments, it's practically a non-issue.