Windows 10 Excessive 400 GB Disk Usage by Windows 10 Programs and Apps & Features

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My HD is being consumed by Apps & features, it is using 410 GB out of 476 GB total, I might only have 40 GB worth of applications,


I've read the space is used by hidden files (recovery & shadow copies), I have tried Disk Cleanup (with the more option/System Restore and Shadow Copies tab/option), Storage sense, and a couple of tools, all of them only delete a minimal portion of useless files, but never take care of the issue, the space shrunk from 13 GB yesterday to 6 GB this morning,


So I have done the following to summarize (ran as administrator as well):

*Run Disk cleanup with more options

*Storage sense/Free up space now (always cleans 976 KB :()

*Smart Disk cleanup

*I have run virus scan several times, no virus detected by the way

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