Windows.edb file large

The most appropriate, though not too effective way to reduce the size of Windows. In some time, the Windows Search will complete a full reindex of the data on the system drive and other indexed location , and the size of the edb file will be reduced it took several hours to rebuild the search index on my computer. You can defragment the EDB database using the standard tool for maintaining such databases, esentutl.

The database is defragmented offline it must not be used , so you will have to stop Widows Search service first. This means that you are using a bit OS and you need to use the x86 esentutl version to perform defragmentation. In this case, the third command will look like this:. If free disk space is critical, you can safely delete the Windows. To delete the Windows. After you restart Windows Search, it will start the background reindexing process and recreate the Windows.

In some cases, when the size of Windows. As a rule, you should do it on RDS servers, where users actively work with files, personal folders and other indexed content. Restart Windows Search service: Restart-Service wsearch. A special update was released in May, to fix the problem of the constant growth of Windows.

It is recommended to manually download and install this patch on these Windows versions. To reduce the size of the edb file, you need to rebuild the search index or defragment as described above. If the Windows. Thanks, great tip with the defragmentation! Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Tap or click Settings. In the search box, type indexing options. Tap or click Indexing Options. Tap or click Advanced. Tap or click OK to confirm. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Unsolicited bulk mail or bulk advertising.

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We will assist you to resolve the issue. I suggest you to run Search and Indexing troubleshooter and check if it helps to resolve the issue. Type troubleshooting in the search bar. Select View all on the top left corner.

Click Search and Indexing. Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter. If the issue persists, I suggest you to change the index location and check if the large Windows. Open Control Panel. Select indexing options. Click Advanced.

Click on Rebuild. Change the Index location. Restart the computer. Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance.

We will be happy to help. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 3 people found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. I had already tried the troubleshooter with no luck. I tried again as you described, and again no joy. It will be at least a couple of days before I know if it is working properly. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful. I would also like to inform you that, you may stop the search service from running from Windows services.

Once you stop the service, the system will not collect the search and indexing data. After the first index process it was around MB which is good, but a few hours later it was MB and then later MB. By Sunday evening it was 2. Again it is still only indexing 21, files, so why it keeps growing I don't know. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit. If the issue persists, I suggest you to download and install any pending updates that needs to be installed on the computer through Windows update and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Just to keep you updated. I have a new Intel nuc PC coming and I will be repurposing the old one. When I do this I will reset Windows. I will check if the indexing issue continues after the reset. I re-purposed the old NUC and performed a windows 10 reset.

After which the indexing problem is no more.