You don't need to delete the folder itself though, only its. When i'm using windows+r or windows explorer and type %temp%, the windows explorer takes me to the temp directory. C:\windows\temp there's often 1000's of junk files in those folders, apparently ignored by the disk cleanup tool, so i blindly give 'em the ol' ctrl + a → delete, deleting.
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As hesse said, change the environment path %temp% to an alternate location. Anyway, the standard temporary directory in a typical linux system is /tmp. Since windows 11 (or maybe earlier) windows notepad internally stores unsaved files so if the application (or windows) crashes they will be still there later.
I always recommend deleting as many files as possible in this folder, as they are.
In theory, appdata's temp folder (%temp%) is the place for programs to put files that can be deleted immediately after all handles to them are closed. The location you mentioned is the default location for system environment variable temp or tmp. I wondered if deleting the contents of it won't harm my computer. Applications use the temp for storing temporary data, data that will be needed for the.
The temp folder is not always deleted, even after proper shutdowns, and the space can pile up to large proportions. It is the equivalent of c:\temp in the sense that it is only the default temporary directory, not universal. I'm looking for a reference list of shortcuts like %temp%. I wanted to do disk cleanup myself and found a large folder in %localappdata% called temp.
The %temp% in the run command line will show the contents of the logged in user's temp folder.
