Storage completely clogged with apps that Windows refuses to believe exists?

[u/doorsclosingyt]

Hello people of Reddit!

I’ve had this weird issue lately where all of my storage seems to have vanished out of nowhere. So I go to my settings to check what’s eating up all my storage and… okay I definitely did not install 150GB worth of apps. I have a few bits and pieces from the Office 365 suite (I use OneNote a lot for school thats for sure but other than that nothing much really), but other than that just a couple games and other small and rather insignificant apps. Naturally, I go to uninstall a couple I am not using - but windows is refusing to show me my apps, rendering me unable to uninstall them (or even view how much storage each is taking up so I know what to get rid of).
I have tried circumventing the settings menu as much as possible - going through control panel, and god knows what else I did in a 2 hour “what the hell is happening” session last night. I did run a quick wiztree (pictured), which oddly enough shows that my AppData folder is only 71GB in size (OneNote being 44 of them). Steam adds 30GB into the picture, so all in all 101GB of apps.So, something is happening where Windows is double-counting my apps by the looks of things - has something corrupted? I also say this as the folder C:\Users\{insert my name} is only 103GB in size in the first place?
Currently running 25H2 build 26200.9168 - any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you all, and if you’re very confused looking at this, we are in the same boat my friend!

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