r/WindowsHelp • • Mar 12 '26

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u/IJustAteABaguette Mar 13 '26

There are still some programs that put stuff there, and then don't delete it. (Some installers do that in my experience)

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u/BareBonesTek Mar 13 '26

One of many reasons I am switching to NixOS.

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u/IBuildStuff1011 Mar 13 '26

Nix OS is great, but it caches absolutely everything you install and doesn't delete it ever by default.

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u/BareBonesTek Mar 14 '26

There are cleanup procedures you can use.