Temp To Boil

Jul 19, 2020i wanted to do disk cleanup myself and found a large folder in %localappdata% called temp. Jan 20, 2025the temp folder is not always deleted, even after proper shutdowns, and the space can pile up to large proportions. Jan 18, 2015my advice would be to create a new folder in the temp directory and move any files/folders you want to delete to the new folder, check if everything still works.

Jul 3, 2004the %temp% in the run command line will show the contents of the logged in user's temp folder. Oct 1, 2019it cannot delete the temp folders, especially in the windows folder because it is in use. Dec 27, 20211 "back in the day" it was good to be in the habit of periodically deleting the temp files created in c:\tmp by windows and other software, or else you'd risk filling up your fancy 40mb hard.

The temp folder is for temporary things. I've been deleting the temp folder contents since the days of windows 95. Jan 9, 2012as hesse said, change the environment path %temp% to an alternate location.