Uninstalled games from Xbox Pass PC still takes 500 GB of space?

FinnboyAO · Nov 25, 2022

So I have a problem. Today I noticed that something was taking space on my hard drive. I have installed games from steam and Epic games but I calculated that those games cannot take more then 700 GB of space. Still I only got 300 GB left from mine 1,5 tB hard-drive.

Turns out that my uninstalled Xbox pass games take almost 500 GB of space. I read a little about it and it seems this is a "feature".

Tried deleting them but I have been denied access.

I can probably find a way to delete these but can I just delete the files that I know are from the games?

Is there any other way to get rid of these?

:)

JosefLBohorquez

Hi, depending on what you delete this can cause problems with the Microsoft store:
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/what-is-msixvc-f...

Before trying that, can be a bit odd but disable Delivery optimization to see if that delete safely the unused space
https://www.howtogeek.com/793154/turn-off-deliv...

This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

SwordofWhedon

Don't delete anything you don't know what it is

But the games should all be in the same folder, under reasonably obvious names

FinnboyAO

Hello and thanks for the quick reply!

Do you know if it's okay to delete things from the Windowsapp folder?

I'm pretty sure I can figure out which of these files are games just by looking at the size of the files but just in case.

JosefLBohorquez

Hi and thanks for reaching Microsoft Xbox gamer's community. My name is Josef.
I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft Xbox user like you.

Hope you're doing great today despite this Finnboyao

Try taking ownership of that folder (or the games inside that folder that you want to delete)

For that, please follow this article:
https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-10-11-own-fol...

This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

EddieClifford

My question: "The Xbox One is equipped with a 500-gigabyte (GB) internal hard drive. After typical format of a 500 GB drive, you get 465 real gigabytes, So user available space will probably be between 400-465 GB". Now with that in mind and considering
the the only 3 games that I have downloaded are 25 - 30 GB (approx 90 gigs), the apps I have barely take up 600 MB:

Now with that in mind, how is it that I only have 310 GB storage space left out of let's just say 450 GB?

Are the demos that I have uninstalled really wiped from the HDD?

Uninstalled games from Xbox Pass PC still takes 500 GB of space?