2/2/2021: Reclaim your storage space

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February 2, 2021

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Over the weekend, I solved a small storage mystery that had been bothering me for weeks.My desktop computer’s primary 256 GB storage drive was suddenly nearing full capacity even though I don’t use it to store photos or other media. (I have secondary internal hard drives for that.) Emptying my recycle bin, clearing out temporary files, and deleting unwanted programs provided only a modicum of relief.

Fortunately, a friend of mine (thanks Rob!) clued me into a long-running program called SpaceSniffer. The free Windows application visualizes all your folders as a set of interlocking rectangles; the larger the rectangle, the more storage that folder is hogging. You can then click on any folder to zoom in on its subfolders, or right-click for a list of file options, such as deleting the folder or opening it in the Windows File Explorer.

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