Windows Apps folder is 128Gb with many duplicate folders - I NEED this space back!!!

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So something funky is going on with my Windows install.


Wondering why I was running out of space with a 512GB drive, I found that 128 Gb of that is being used in the WindowsApps folder for: MS Edge (8.5Gb), Spotify (8.5Gb), Skype (8.5Gb), GameBar (8.5Gb), Python (8.5Gb), Python 3 (8.5Gb), many of which are duplicated.

See disk map:


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All the folders are an IDENTICAL size 8,589,934,592 bytes, which is far, far, far to large for the programs they say they are required for.


Does anyone have any idea: a) why these ridiculously bloated install files are on my computer?

And b) If I can go ahead and delete them while keeping the programs they reference installed.


I'd kinda like the hard drive space back!


Cheers, TR

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