Published May 2, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Bryan Wolfe has spent 15+ years writing about the tech people actually use — and occasionally the tech they probably shouldn't. With bylines at Yahoo, MakeUseOf, TechRadar, and Digital Trends, he brings an MBA-sharpened perspective to consumer tech, AI tools, and digital productivity. He's based in State College, PA, where he also runs GoingSolo.Life, a solo travel brand for the independently minded. My C: drive was creeping toward full, and I hadn't installed anything new in weeks. The usual suspects — Downloads folder, old games, forgotten installers — were already cleaned out. What I hadn't checked was how much junk these apps were quietly piling up behind the scenes. Three apps were hogging the most space: Discord, Spotify, and Adobe. They don't advertise how much space they're using, and they don't make it obvious how to get it back. Here's exactly where I looked and how much space it freed up.…