Deleting temporary files

[Oleg Ilyin]

Hi to all early adopters!

Just installed GDR3 preview on my Lumia 920. No wow effect so far, but I noticed one annoying bug or feature(?). When you go to phone storage-> temporary files and try to delete them the operation takes considerable time and if your phone screen happen to lock in progress operation is canceled. Tried to delete temporary files again tapping the screen for 5 minutes, then I got bored, screen locked again and the operation is canceled again. Pretty annoying!

 

[montsa007]

Maybe the fist time it takes longer?

 

[Alon Rozenblit]

I've just disabled screen locking for the duration. It's still deleting, seems to be taking ages.

EDIT: Took about 5 minutes, doesn't seem to have deleted anything. Temp files were taking up 937MB before deletion, same thing now.
Nokia Storage Check says temp files are taking up 292MB. I don't understand the inconsistency, but I'm guessing the one on MS side isn't even reading the data correctly. 1GB of temp files seems to be much too much...

 

[eugie]

Just tap the screen to prevent it to lock while still deleting files...

 

[Oleg Ilyin]

Same here, disabled screen lock, waited for about 45 minutes, still deleting. Temporary files size 592 MB. Nokia storage check shows 289 MB. Clear deletes nothing.
UPD:
Reboot didn't help much. Nokia deleted 1MB, windows detele still hangs and deletes nothing.

 

[Oleg Ilyin]

Just tap the screen to prevent it to lock while still deleting files...

Read my previous post and good luck with that

 

[godote]

I'm using shrink storage after the update. and released 1.2GB temporary files.

 

[Alon Rozenblit]

I'm using shrink storage after the update. and released 1.2GB temporary files.

Tried it now, no change for me. Same 937MB taken by temp files.

 

[santos1974]

I'm trying right now to delete temporary files.
Let's see how long it takes and the changes that will make on my Lumia 920

 

[Pete]

Don't forget that a healthy percentage of your previous "Other" category now lives in with "Apps".

It really would be nice to know what apps were the fattest ones on my phone.

Yup, deleted Six Guns and an indie game and immediately regained almost 1Gb.

 

[Kieta]

Mines is showing 921MB of temp files. Sits on Deleting temporary files forever and still has 921MB when done.

EDIT: Nokia storage check shows 290MB but that's the amount it stays at. It never goes to 0.

 

[RN50]

I've got 1.44 GB in temporary files. Tried deleting and did nothing. Got bored and left it.

 

[khunhorm]

Same here, ~900mb

 

[psiu_glen]

Same here as well, around 900. Was 912 to start, crept up to 930 or so.

928 on VZW fwiw.

 

[Dustin Hodges]

Don't forget that a healthy percentage of your previous "Other" category now lives in with "Apps".

It really would be nice to know what apps were the fattest ones on my phone.

Yup, deleted Six Guns and an indie game and immediately regained almost 1Gb.

If your device is Nokia, storage check allows you to see how much room an app takes.

 

[eugie]

I always use shrink storage temporary files completely deleted.

 

[drbanks]

The Lumia Storage Check Beta will tell you which apps are the fattest, although that's little help if you don't have a Nokia.

 

[jatwo]

I'm still on gdr2/amber (920) and the Lumia storage check recently stopped deleting my temp files too. Sitting at 2GB right now

 

[DJCBS]

1.41GB of Temporary files. Doesn't delete anything, Shrink Storage does nothing either.

I still have another storage app will try that...but doubt it will work. Oh well. Hopefully they have this sorted out for the final release.

 

[Oleg Ilyin]

Guys, it is not much about the other way to delete this files, it is about new feature in GDR3 not working.