python_packages file in AppData Taking All My Disk Space
Hello, I am using PyCharm below and my computer just ran out of disk space. I found that this packages_v2 file has suddenly become very large, even though I haven't installed any packages in a while. Can I delete this file?
PyCharm 2022.3 (Community Edition)
Build #PC-223.7571.203, built on November 30, 2022
Runtime version: 17.0.5+1-b653.14 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Windows 10 10.0
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 2048M
Cores: 24
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Thank you for contacting PyCharm support.
Please update to 2023.1.2 as this bug has been fixed in the latest version.
I apologize for the inconvenience.
Kind regards,
Tonya
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Hi JetBrains team
I have the same problem as OP in this thread, only in my case, it's much more space taken up - more than 300 GB.
Now, I have installed the latest Community version, but no disc space has been cleared.
What do you suggest I do now?
Simon Rasmussen You can remove the file after you update it to the latest version. It shouldn't happen again
I should just delete the two JSON files? And will the new installation have all the relevant packages kept from the old?
The auto-update would only upgrade to an old version, so I downloaded the latest package installer and chose the installation option that keeps data from the previous installation.