Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11
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Delete all of the highlighted folders, leaving only the 154.0.4258.53 folder.
Microsoft Edge is taking up 35 gb of storage space.
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Lily Rosalia
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It is as the title says, Microsoft Edge is taking up 35gb of storage space. As someone with limited space, this is far too much. I do not know why it is doing this, nor how to stop it.
Microsoft Edge | Other | Windows 11
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TaoLi
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Hi, your screenshots show lots of old Edge installation versions left behind. I’d focus on those folders.
- Restart your PC, open edge://version, note the current version, then close Edge.
- Open
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application. - Keep the current version and the two newest numbered folders. Delete only the older numbered folders, skipping anything Windows says is in use.
Leave EdgeCore and EdgeWebView alone. Check Edge opens normally before emptying the Recycle Bin. This may recover less than the displayed size because some files are shared.
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Lily Rosalia 40 Reputation points
2026-10-05T02:30:58.0233333+00:00 Mostly worked, had to task-manager kill EdgeGameView to delete anything for some reason but I've never seen EGV before today anyway.
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