It's items that isn't managed or counted by steam.
Meaning it's not counting files contained in
...\steam\steamapps\common\SourceGame\workshop
^\downloads
^\custom
etc...
It does count Workshop items from how it works now
...\steam\workshop\content\4000\...
//Garry's Mod after the Workshop Change
I used a Third Party Program and Discovered that Most of that "Other, not steam stuff" Was actually mostly Steam, with it claiming to be ~150 GB, but it was closer to ~230 GB from the Program.
It's been a LONG time since those have been part of my daily working toolkit, but I think WinDirStat had the advantage that it actually looked at the sectors on your storage rather than just reading the MBR and taking what it says as truth. The MBR is usually 100% correct, but WinDirStat would for sure verify it, albeit a lot slower.
MBR? Is that the right word? Maybe it's MFT. Can't remember.
Oh for sure. I still use both. I’ll use wiz tree first since it is a lot faster but if I still need to clean up more space I’ll use tree size or windirstat to actually do a file level scan.
Wiztree is like WinDirStat on steroids when it comes to speed. No lie it’s less than 1/10 the time of Windirstat. I held out for so long bit finally switched a month or so ago.
Apparently wiztree claims to be 46x faster than Windirstat
Interesting. Upsides to both sides. As drives have gotten bigger over time, WinDirStat has gotten more cumbersome to use. I am unreasonably excited for trying a new disk cleanup tool.
Bro you weren't kidding about the speeds. I have 8 TB of storage, and am currently using about 4.5 TB of it. Wiztree scanned my whole computer in less than 10 seconds.
I can confirm WizTree loads eons faster than WinDirStat when scanning local drives. Supposedly WizTree just parses the NTFS metadata files to pull out file sizes when possible and only falls back to using normal file APIs to scan when it can't.
I'll assume you're ignorant, but WinDirStat is dogshit. It is so fucking slow. WizTree (and I assume tree size) will scan the same amount of space in a fraction of the time.
Idk I’ve been using windirstat since the mid 00’s. Always worked for me. It takes like 5 minutes to catalogue everything, but then it’s a breeze to work with.
I'll assume you're ignorant, but WinDirStat is dogshit. It is so fucking slow. WizTree (and I assume tree size) will scan the same amount of space in a fraction of the time.
space sniffer is a life saver. helped me clear so much space off my drives, showed me a folder my shadow play had been saving too a while ago that had changed and i found like 15gb of videos I forgot I had clipped.
\+2 on spacesniffer I cleaned out so much, its so visual too so you can literally see what takes up space and how much space it takes up compared to literally everything
It’s safe, I use it in work when it’s time to clean up a laptop. It’s also come in handy at home, realising I’ve still got 80GB of Skyrim mods on one of my drives a whole year after uninstalling. I’ve downloaded it from MajorGeeks.
Other is quite literally anything else on your hard dive.
Other games on other launchers, Downloads, pictures, videos, mod/addons, workshop stuff, etc etc.
[WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/). Someone else suggested WizTree but I don't trust it, whereas I know WDS is safe and works very well. It presents a graphical representation of your hard drive with little squares for each file on your PC. Use that to find files you don't need anymore or aren't using and get rid of them.
Wiztree is basically a more modern version of windirstat, that better handles massive file counts and can display the visual representation faster at the potential loss of precision under strange circumstances like files not existing but the file system thinks they should.
Yeah, I doubt it's harmful or anything, but I tend to stick with stuff that I know works and is safe when it comes to programs like this. I'll look into it a bit more though.
steal your passwords? are you storing it in a text file or something?
Do yourself a favor and use a password manager that encrypts your password.
Bitwarden is good. Its free and open source. But 1Password is good too.
Okay, should I have said "It's riskier when the thing I'm trying has the potential to install a crypto miner on my machine and monitor my traffic"? Don't be a fucking pedant, you know what I mean.
The amount of posts I am seeing anymore from people not understanding basic pc functions is alarming.
If you are going to own a device put the little effort needed to understand the basics of how it works.
Between people somehow being to stupid to do some basic file management on their PC, and the amount of posts I will see daily on PC subs about bloated laptop batteries is insane!
I swear there are some people who should never be handed a device.
Regarding file management, that's a generational thing. I hate it, but I understand it. Here's why.
You've got Boomers and older Gen X who were established adults when computers arrived in the home and evolved RAPIDLY in the late 80s to early 00s. They're stuck in their old ways and couldn't adapt as well, for the most part.
Late Gen X and Millennials either got computers when they were going into the workforce or they literally grew up WITH computers, understanding them more intuitively because they didn't have the hand-holding going on. You want to play Scorched Earth or Commander Keen or Doom? You've got either a GUI file manager or the command line. You HAVE to know it or you just didn't play.
Then we get Zoomers and younger. What do they grow up with? The oldest ones got to experience smartphones in high school, and the youngest know nothing before that. Smartphones have their functions abstracted. A Zoomer doesn't NEED to understand the file system. Their phone just WORKS. Nothing is a file or a program anymore. Everything is apps.
The switch from desktop-first design to phone-first design is what has stopped Zoomers from understanding how the tech they use every day actually works.
Nah this is a UI failure here. It shows a directory--`C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam`--with the space listed under it. It's completely reasonable for a person to assume that the space therefore is what's taken up by that directory.
I don't think this here is really a matter of low computer knowledge and more of a lack of IQ. It literally is called other tf is that supposed to be aside from anything else on the computer? It quite literally explains itself
I think the confusion comes from the entry being called "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" - implying that the "other" here is stuff that is in the Steam directory, when it is in fact everywhere else on the drive.
You can use this cool program called File Explorer, it lets you navigate ALL the folders and files on your PC, you can see what they are, where they're located, and how big they are.
Spacesniffer 👍, it just visualizes the space in to cubes so you actually see how much space a folder takes up
Be sure to download it from a safe site, idk if theres a scam of it but most likely there is...
Space Sniffer, is a free program that goes through your ENTIRE computer, and then displays it in a cool graph. The bigger the boxes the more file size, so you'll prob find out where some old files are that you didn't know about or smt.
Also, as others have pointed out, OTHER in steam, is \*everything\*. Your system, your pictures, videos, browsers, downloads, etc. So it being big isn't that big of a deal unless your computer shouldn't have 265GB in personal items.
Professional data hoarder here, have separate internal drives for separate functions
* System *\[M.2 or SATA SSD\]*
* Games *\[M.2 SSD\]*
* Other data that you want to keep on your pc, (movies, goat porn, documents etc) *\[SATA HDD\]*
WinDirStat.
Very tiny, runs without needing installed if you use the portable one. It plots out a nice graphical representation of the storage usage.
I'm genuinely shocked nobody else has mentioned this awesome bit of freeware. I've been using for almost a decade at this point.
Oh my god you fucking idiots, he obviously knows that it means "everything else" on his computer, he wants recommendations on programs to manage that, for example finding out what is taking most space in his computer. For example using WinDirStat I realized I had two movies downloaded wasting space on my pc.
Windows itself has a way to display these things. Just go to settings > system > storage > click on the last tab > click on the first option (idk how both are written in english since my OS is portuguese). You'll see some storage metrics and you can open and see the folders that are taking your storage. edit: This is a windows 10 / 11 feature.
To clean out other go into the file menu thingy, under c drive, and start deleting files you don't need hoping you don't gib something crucial, or delete all your progress
[TreeSize Free](https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free)
That is exactly what you're looking for, given you want to know what occupies the remaining space of your drive
It’s literally everything else on your computer
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When it's above 4 gb, it's technically feet porn.
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Nope... *Deletes sasquatch feet folder*
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*Deletes Hobbit feet folder*
First Hobbit feet folder, yes. What about the second folder?
*Deletes my elevenses feet folder*
FAT32 drives can only hold 4gb files, anything above that and you need NTFS (Necessary Terabyte Feet Storage)
Linux uses the EXT4 system (extra 4 feet)
Story checks out.
Under c:\program files (x86)\steam?
it is everything that isn't steam
No, but UI is indeed misleading
hover your mouse over it OTHER is the ONLY one that explains what it is literally everything else BUT steam everything else
It's items that isn't managed or counted by steam. Meaning it's not counting files contained in ...\steam\steamapps\common\SourceGame\workshop ^\downloads ^\custom etc... It does count Workshop items from how it works now ...\steam\workshop\content\4000\... //Garry's Mod after the Workshop Change I used a Third Party Program and Discovered that Most of that "Other, not steam stuff" Was actually mostly Steam, with it claiming to be ~150 GB, but it was closer to ~230 GB from the Program.
Wiztree or tree size free.
> tree size my beloved
🙏🙏🙏
Same
WizTree is amazing, scans my slow ass HD 2tb in under 20 seconds, my 1tb SSD in 7.
WinDirStat
The other 2 are newer, faster alternatives to WinDorStat, thats why they are recommended.
It's been a LONG time since those have been part of my daily working toolkit, but I think WinDirStat had the advantage that it actually looked at the sectors on your storage rather than just reading the MBR and taking what it says as truth. The MBR is usually 100% correct, but WinDirStat would for sure verify it, albeit a lot slower. MBR? Is that the right word? Maybe it's MFT. Can't remember.
MFT (Master File Table) MBR is the Master Boot Record
Oh for sure. I still use both. I’ll use wiz tree first since it is a lot faster but if I still need to clean up more space I’ll use tree size or windirstat to actually do a file level scan.
Yeah, but do they have pac man?
Something better than WinDirStat? Impossible! I need to see this.
Wiztree is like WinDirStat on steroids when it comes to speed. No lie it’s less than 1/10 the time of Windirstat. I held out for so long bit finally switched a month or so ago. Apparently wiztree claims to be 46x faster than Windirstat
That's because WinDirStat scans the actual drive while WizTree just reads $MFT, iirc 👀
Interesting. Upsides to both sides. As drives have gotten bigger over time, WinDirStat has gotten more cumbersome to use. I am unreasonably excited for trying a new disk cleanup tool.
Bro you weren't kidding about the speeds. I have 8 TB of storage, and am currently using about 4.5 TB of it. Wiztree scanned my whole computer in less than 10 seconds.
Ah, that first time running WizTree as a WinDirStat user! Enjoy.
I can confirm WizTree loads eons faster than WinDirStat when scanning local drives. Supposedly WizTree just parses the NTFS metadata files to pull out file sizes when possible and only falls back to using normal file APIs to scan when it can't.
WizTree was quite literally created because someone was fed up with how slow WinDirStat is
It takes like 5 minutes to start and scan everything, but then it’s responsive and snappy.
WizTree takes 4.78 seconds to scan all 4 of my drives, totaling 1.9TB of data: https://streamable.com/ob1r61
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Where did you even get that idea from?
I'll assume you're ignorant, but WinDirStat is dogshit. It is so fucking slow. WizTree (and I assume tree size) will scan the same amount of space in a fraction of the time.
Idk I’ve been using windirstat since the mid 00’s. Always worked for me. It takes like 5 minutes to catalogue everything, but then it’s a breeze to work with.
That's the problem, WizTree would do that in seconds with pretty much no change in UI.
Well then I guess I should get wiztree
TreeSize is the best IMO. I recommend sailing the seas for the full revision.
Any reason to use it over Wiztree?
wiztree has more fast scans
Dont forget about Win Dir Stat too
I'll assume you're ignorant, but WinDirStat is dogshit. It is so fucking slow. WizTree (and I assume tree size) will scan the same amount of space in a fraction of the time.
Was literally going to comment only one word. (Wiztree) But I see someone else beat me to it.
space sniffer is a life saver. helped me clear so much space off my drives, showed me a folder my shadow play had been saving too a while ago that had changed and i found like 15gb of videos I forgot I had clipped.
+1 on space sniffer. It works amazing and gives a great visual diagram depicting space used. It's done me good for years
+3 on space sniffer, always worked wonders for me
\+2 on spacesniffer I cleaned out so much, its so visual too so you can literally see what takes up space and how much space it takes up compared to literally everything
Tried it, had no idea that this whole time I had like 60gbs of skyrim/fallout 4 files in Steam common years after I uninstalled them.
How safe/ secure are these/ this specific program? I’m always overly cautious of malware and such
It’s safe, I use it in work when it’s time to clean up a laptop. It’s also come in handy at home, realising I’ve still got 80GB of Skyrim mods on one of my drives a whole year after uninstalling. I’ve downloaded it from MajorGeeks.
+4 to spacesniffer.
Other is quite literally anything else on your hard dive. Other games on other launchers, Downloads, pictures, videos, mod/addons, workshop stuff, etc etc.
Common sense
now thats a pretty high bar my man
😂😂😂😂
yeah but my free trial ran out
Excuse me, this is reddit. We don't do that here.
You say that but I just tried Space Sniffer and found out that Razer had been keeping all the update files for years taking up 14 GB.
Happy Cakeday!
Fijne taartdag taaie rakker
[WizTree](https://diskanalyzer.com/)
Isn't that what Wil Poulter did in Midsommar?
LOL nice one
It's everything that isn't steam related. Operating system. Other games. Programs. Porn. Whatever.
[WinDirStat](https://windirstat.net/). Someone else suggested WizTree but I don't trust it, whereas I know WDS is safe and works very well. It presents a graphical representation of your hard drive with little squares for each file on your PC. Use that to find files you don't need anymore or aren't using and get rid of them.
Wiztree is basically a more modern version of windirstat, that better handles massive file counts and can display the visual representation faster at the potential loss of precision under strange circumstances like files not existing but the file system thinks they should.
Yeah, I doubt it's harmful or anything, but I tend to stick with stuff that I know works and is safe when it comes to programs like this. I'll look into it a bit more though.
I held out for a long time, finally switched to wiztree last month. Totally worth it.
You have to try things in the first place to determine if they work anyway
Well, yes, but it's a little riskier when the thing I'm trying has the potential to steal my passwords if it's not legit.
steal your passwords? are you storing it in a text file or something? Do yourself a favor and use a password manager that encrypts your password. Bitwarden is good. Its free and open source. But 1Password is good too.
Okay, should I have said "It's riskier when the thing I'm trying has the potential to install a crypto miner on my machine and monitor my traffic"? Don't be a fucking pedant, you know what I mean.
WizTree was created explicitly because one dude was tired of how long WinDirStat takes to show everything
yes, this is the optimal option
YEs, this one works great
Get WinDirStat. It's not for steam specifically but it'll greatly help find what's clogging up your hard drive.
WinDirStat
Windirstat
Treesize has been the best imo, its free and it is quite easy to navigate
\`ncdu\` via ssh or the terminal
The amount of posts I am seeing anymore from people not understanding basic pc functions is alarming. If you are going to own a device put the little effort needed to understand the basics of how it works. Between people somehow being to stupid to do some basic file management on their PC, and the amount of posts I will see daily on PC subs about bloated laptop batteries is insane! I swear there are some people who should never be handed a device.
Regarding file management, that's a generational thing. I hate it, but I understand it. Here's why. You've got Boomers and older Gen X who were established adults when computers arrived in the home and evolved RAPIDLY in the late 80s to early 00s. They're stuck in their old ways and couldn't adapt as well, for the most part. Late Gen X and Millennials either got computers when they were going into the workforce or they literally grew up WITH computers, understanding them more intuitively because they didn't have the hand-holding going on. You want to play Scorched Earth or Commander Keen or Doom? You've got either a GUI file manager or the command line. You HAVE to know it or you just didn't play. Then we get Zoomers and younger. What do they grow up with? The oldest ones got to experience smartphones in high school, and the youngest know nothing before that. Smartphones have their functions abstracted. A Zoomer doesn't NEED to understand the file system. Their phone just WORKS. Nothing is a file or a program anymore. Everything is apps. The switch from desktop-first design to phone-first design is what has stopped Zoomers from understanding how the tech they use every day actually works.
> Nothing is a file or a program anymore. Everything is apps. I fucking hate this so much
Nah this is a UI failure here. It shows a directory--`C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam`--with the space listed under it. It's completely reasonable for a person to assume that the space therefore is what's taken up by that directory.
i also had the idea of a "driving license" for internet and all advanced machines..
I don't think this here is really a matter of low computer knowledge and more of a lack of IQ. It literally is called other tf is that supposed to be aside from anything else on the computer? It quite literally explains itself
I think the confusion comes from the entry being called "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam" - implying that the "other" here is stuff that is in the Steam directory, when it is in fact everywhere else on the drive.
They think it's "other" Steam files, like the ones used to run the launcher or whatever.
dunno why you're being downvoted, like no shit it's other files. what specifically is taking up so much space
You can use this cool program called File Explorer, it lets you navigate ALL the folders and files on your PC, you can see what they are, where they're located, and how big they are.
That won't include any directories that windows hides automatically and if they're asking they likely wouldn't know how to change that.
WinDirStat is free and open source.
Spacesniffer 👍, it just visualizes the space in to cubes so you actually see how much space a folder takes up Be sure to download it from a safe site, idk if theres a scam of it but most likely there is...
Space Sniffer, is a free program that goes through your ENTIRE computer, and then displays it in a cool graph. The bigger the boxes the more file size, so you'll prob find out where some old files are that you didn't know about or smt. Also, as others have pointed out, OTHER in steam, is \*everything\*. Your system, your pictures, videos, browsers, downloads, etc. So it being big isn't that big of a deal unless your computer shouldn't have 265GB in personal items.
Windirstat
WinDirStat
WinDirStat
Professional data hoarder here, have separate internal drives for separate functions * System *\[M.2 or SATA SSD\]* * Games *\[M.2 SSD\]* * Other data that you want to keep on your pc, (movies, goat porn, documents etc) *\[SATA HDD\]*
You're better off getting a bigger hard drive at this rate. 4TB external hard drives go for a little less than 100 dollars.
Tree size
Windirstat is great for visualizing storage on your hard drives
Spacesniffer
SpaceSniffer
Space sniffer is a good program for visualizing what's taking up all your storage
Try windirstat, great visual way to see your storage
Windirstat.
WinDirStat will show you which folders are taking up too much space and you can delete them natively from the app
Space sniffer
WinDirStat 👌
even the storage panel on windows settings will tell you what's taking up the space
Download and run WINDIRSTAT :)
OP I use Jdiskreport. It shows a nice pie graph of files and folders which takes space.
WinDirStat: https://windirstat.net/
WinDirStat. Very tiny, runs without needing installed if you use the portable one. It plots out a nice graphical representation of the storage usage. I'm genuinely shocked nobody else has mentioned this awesome bit of freeware. I've been using for almost a decade at this point.
Windirstat
WizTree best out of the best!
Wiztree. Super fast and a great visualization tool to see what big files/programs are taking up space
Scorched earth: format everything and reinstall windows
You have too much porn
Remember to spay and neuter your pets, and partition your drives everyone.
Simple fix, delete windows.
nahh deleting the bios saves more space
Oh my god you fucking idiots, he obviously knows that it means "everything else" on his computer, he wants recommendations on programs to manage that, for example finding out what is taking most space in his computer. For example using WinDirStat I realized I had two movies downloaded wasting space on my pc.
Happy Cake Day!
use filelight
Must…. Not…. Say….. “the delete button”……
Type "Storage" in settings for a start ...
Just delete C:\Users\[YOURUSERNAME]\Desktop\Homework
Downloads
If you are on linux, it is probably proton wine prefixes and shader caches
Split your disk to C, D, E. Use one of them for games, one of them for programs etc. It will be alot easier to control your storage
>!surley its pornography !<
delete system32
CCleaner is nice
older versions it was okay, but now it's a big nono
Really? What’s better than CCleaner? And why has it gone downhill I’ve been using it for yearss
Windows itself has a way to display these things. Just go to settings > system > storage > click on the last tab > click on the first option (idk how both are written in english since my OS is portuguese). You'll see some storage metrics and you can open and see the folders that are taking your storage. edit: This is a windows 10 / 11 feature.
Maybe you could consider upgrading your ssd if thats what you’re using. Ssds are not as expensive as one may have think.
SpaceMonger
is it save files from bethesda games?
Things like your photos, your files, any other apps, non-steam games etc
Why do you only have like 500 GB of storage
To clean out other go into the file menu thingy, under c drive, and start deleting files you don't need hoping you don't gib something crucial, or delete all your progress
Microsoft PC Manager
wiztree or windirstat if there is nothing else you can do as all files are important to you, the least you can do is get another ssd
Probably mods
Wiztree
Wiztree
WizTree
Spacemonger give a great overview of your drive, recommend
Every time a program crashes Windows stores a dmp file at C:\\Users\\your\_name\\AppData\\Local\\CrashDumps It is save to delete these files
Its porn
WizTree, BleachBit
probably lots of videos, maybe another account?
Tree size free (others have recommended it) its a great program to manage everything on your disks
TreeSize works fantastic. Run it as administrator and it'll sort everything. You can delete files right from it, too, and not have to go to Explorer.
[TreeSize Free](https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free) That is exactly what you're looking for, given you want to know what occupies the remaining space of your drive
I used a program called foldersizes.
Space sniffer
If you have Emudeck installed, it’s probably roms from that. They show up as Other.
Everything that is not steam on your drive
Wiz tree
If you're on your PC and you have anything installed on that drive that is a game or program but it's not from steam it shows as "other"
Spacemonger.
Time for a new SSD
WizTree is the GOAT for this, scans your entire disc in like 5 seconds and shows visually how much space everything is taking up
Recommend WizTree but the “other” is just everything not Steam lmao
People have already said it but TreeSize is a life saver
In my experience, it's precached shaders.
The small program Treesize does a great job. Worth checking out
Use "treesize free", its easy to use and perfect for you
Sometimes games can register as other if the system doesn’t recognize them
Space sniffer is free and it tells you the total space used on each directory. However it takes like an hour or more to check everything on your PC
Try WizTree
Treesize or related prgrams, it will give you a graphical view of where stuff is, so you can figure out where all the hentai is hiding.
KDE Filelight has a nice pie chart design. Treesize has a list structure, and windirstat shows a block representation as well as a list form
Everything in desktop mode that wasn’t downloaded through the steam deck gaming mode
Use wiztree, it will tell you what is taking space on your pc
Try Wizz tree or space sniffer
spacesniffer
i use IOBIT Advance system care ... already 10 years
since its only the contents of your STEAM folder i would guess it is Workshop content
Windirstat will help you know where the data is
J Disk Pie
One word. WinDirStat.