Microsoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder
Complete. Here is the key summaryMicrosoft has released a patch in the optional June 2026 Windows 11 update (KB5095093) to fix a bug causing the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file to consume excessive storage space. This file, related to app permissions, had been reported by users to grow up to 500GB, significantly impacting disk usage.
Microsoft is addressing a Windows 11 bug that caused a folder to take up several gigabytes of storage space. As spotted earlier by Windows Latest, Microsoft included the patch in its optional June 2026 update (KB5095093), which "improves disk space usage for the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file."
The CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file is installed on Windows 11 PCs by default, and is related to app permissions. Several users have had issues with this file over the past few months, with one person saying the file took up 500GB of storage on their device. Others have reported the file growing to similarly large amounts, ranging from 12GB …
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