Insufficient disk space
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Possible solutions of insufficient hard drive disk space
Houston, we have a problem
clean the disk space
using the tool to auto clean the space
CCleaner for Win 
& macOS 
: About 3~4 GB free space after auto cleaned. CCleaner 3.12.1572 免安裝中文版 (內建CCEnhancer) - 硬碟清理工具 - 阿榮福利味- Dr. Cleaner for macOS : (1 ) About 1~2 GB free space after auto cleaned (2) help you to find the big files.
- Delete files using Disk Cleanup - Windows Help / 如何利用Windows內建的磁碟清理清垃圾？ – 香腸炒魷魚
- WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics for Win
clean the following directories (at Windows)
- %Temp%
- %HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
uninstall the software or fonts which you may not used
- software
- fonts
restart the chrome browser
- Backup all tabs by using OneTab
- Restart the chrome browser. You can keyin chrome://restart in the url to restart the chrome [1].
finds duplicate files
- dupeGuru - finds duplicate files for Win , macOS & Linux
- $ Gemini 2 for macOS
understand the condition
find the directories or files which costs most space
- TreeSize Free - Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs for Win
- Folder Size for Win
- more similar softwares ... ... Google: (folder OR directory) size
move the user folders to another drive
Redirect a folder to a new location - Windows Help for Win 
ex:
- move C:\Users\Administrator\Documents to D:\Documents
- move C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads to D:\Downloads
You also need to change download locations of browsers
Change download locations of browsers
- Chrome
Change download locations - Chrome Help - IE
Internet Explorer - Change Default Download Location - Windows 7 Help Forums - Firefox
Where to find and manage downloaded files in Firefox | Firefox Help
Move sync folders to another drive of cloud storage
- dropbox: How do I move my Dropbox folder to a new location? (Dropbox Help Center)
- google drive: Change the Google Drive default folder - Google Apps Tips / google雲端硬碟如何更改至D槽 - 電腦討論區 - Mobile01
tentative: move the %Temp% to another drive
use the symbolic link
Using the symbolic link linking to another hard disk. ex: I tried to resolved insufficient hard disk space where mysql data located by using the symbolic link.