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StealthoSlavo Mar 16, 2020 @ 9:14am
Game taking up space but not installed
I was installing Hitman 2 (free demo) and the game had already set apart the space needed to install it, my computer shut down. When I turned the computer on again, the game is not installed but the storage space is still taken.
I can't install (don't have enough space left) or uninstall (since it says it is not downloaded) the game and the space is still taken up. How can I get the storage space back?
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Originally posted by TorMazila:
there is "downloading" folder in steam library.
Like x:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading\

At first Steam writes out zero-filled files before starting download - probably the shutdown happened at that time. Find it and delete it, steam will recreate it when you try to download anything...
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TorMazila Mar 16, 2020 @ 9:28am 
there is "downloading" folder in steam library.
Like x:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading\

At first Steam writes out zero-filled files before starting download - probably the shutdown happened at that time. Find it and delete it, steam will recreate it when you try to download anything...
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