Help deleting game data

[Nagato5369]

I've downloaded a few games and noticed after deleting them that I had less storage than before. For example, I had 55 gb then downloaded being a DIK but after deleting it I had less than before. I need help deleting stuff fully so my storage is more free

 

[zonesamabaka]

just empty the recycle bin

gonna assume you're using windows like most people
downloads could also be stored in your browser cache still, with sites like mega the temp downloads stick around for awhile so you can quickly "re-save" the file again later
a chrome-based browser (like brave for example) copies of downloads may still be left in a folder like C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\File System\000\p\00


also in general for windows, you can use

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to search for specific things or by date-modified time easily
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to analyze and easily see what's taking up space overall on your disk

 

[whowhawhy]

with sites like mega (...) copies of downloads may still be left in a folder like

a safer solution for an unsavvy user would be deleting from:
settings - privacy and security - third-party cookies - see all site data and permissions - sort by: data stored

 

[zonesamabaka]

a safer solution for an unsavvy user would be deleting from:
settings - privacy and security - third-party cookies - see all site data and permissions - sort by: data stored

yeah, however that option does delete all site data. so if you had like a premium account you'd need to log in again
who pays for premiums tho ...

 

[Count Morado]

You may also want to delete any save and preference files in:

C:\Users\USER\AppData/Local
C:\Users\USER\AppData/LocalLow
C:\Users\USER\AppData/Roaming

You're looking for folders named after developers, games, RenPy (subfolders in there are where renpy games store data), etc to find game data stored there.

 

[anne O'nymous]

C:\Users\USER\AppData/Roaming

You're looking for folders named after developers, games, RenPy (subfolders in there are where renpy games store data), etc to find game data stored there.

Just be careful with "C:\Users\USER\AppData/Roaming\RenPy". There's subfolders that should never be deleted there:

backups It's where the SDK store the copy of the files used by your project.
persistent It's where games save the data that must be shared between an episode and another, and where some tools save their global data.
tokens It's where the security measure to protect the save files are stored. If you delete this one, there's high risk that you can't anymore use your previous save files.