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By using WizTree I discover that inside INetCache\IE folderINetCache\IE folder, there are around 5 million ++ files, and they consume 11.3 GB.

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This is strange because

  1. I don't use Internet Explorer on my Windows 10 machine, so where the files come from?
  2. When I go to the INetCache\IE folder, even if I turn on to see all the protected file system and the hidden files, I can only see a handful files and they only consume something like 4MB.

Where the rest of the files/hard disk go? Can ( or How can) I delete the contents to free up more space for my C Drive?

By using WizTree I discover that inside INetCache\IE folder, there are around 5 million ++ files, and they consume 11.3 GB.

enter image description here

This is strange because

  1. I don't use Internet Explorer on my Windows 10 machine, so where the files come from?
  2. When I go to the INetCache\IE folder, even if I turn on to see all the protected file system and the hidden files, I can only see a handful files and they only consume something like 4MB.

Where the rest of the files/hard disk go? Can ( or How can) I delete the contents to free up more space for my C Drive?

By using WizTree I discover that inside INetCache\IE folder, there are around 5 million ++ files, and they consume 11.3 GB.

enter image description here

This is strange because

  1. I don't use Internet Explorer on my Windows 10 machine, so where the files come from?
  2. When I go to the INetCache\IE folder, even if I turn on to see all the protected file system and the hidden files, I can only see a handful files and they only consume something like 4MB.

Where the rest of the files/hard disk go? Can ( or How can) I delete the contents to free up more space for my C Drive?

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Graviton
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INetCache/IE folder contains an incredible amount of files and consumes a lot of disk space?

By using WizTree I discover that inside INetCache\IE folder, there are around 5 million ++ files, and they consume 11.3 GB.

enter image description here

This is strange because

  1. I don't use Internet Explorer on my Windows 10 machine, so where the files come from?
  2. When I go to the INetCache\IE folder, even if I turn on to see all the protected file system and the hidden files, I can only see a handful files and they only consume something like 4MB.

Where the rest of the files/hard disk go? Can ( or How can) I delete the contents to free up more space for my C Drive?