How to Remove Kaspersky Temporary files to Free up disk space [Featured]

by Mayur on January 24, 2009

If you have Kaspersky Antivirus or Internet Security installed on your PC, then you will notice loss of disk space. This space is mostly acquired by the temporary files that are stored by Kaspersky. I freed about 1.3 GB of space from my PC by removing these temporary files, which were around 200+ each having a size of 5MB (Approx).

You can also free up your disk space, by following the simple steps below:

1. Open Kaspersky Settings > Options and disable the Self -Defense option.

2. Now Exit your Kaspersky product ( KAV or KIS ).

3. Enable “Show Hidden files and folders” option from the folder options.

4. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab\AVP8

5. Open the “Data” folder where you will find many files named as av1A.tmp, av2A.tmp, etc. and other files and folder.

Properly select all the files having a .tmp extension and leave all other folders and files. Then delete all the temporary files ie. .tmp files. Make sure you don’t delete any other file. You will now notice a high reduction in your disk space.

6. Now Start Kaspersky and turn ON Self–Defense.

>> It is completely safe to remove these files as they are temporary files which have been used earlier by Kaspersky. I have tried it myself on my PC, So Don’t Worry

Update – Windows 7 & Vista users need to open this path: C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP9\Bases\Cache to find the .tmp files and delete them.

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{ 62 comments… read them below or add one }

abhinav February 9, 2009 at 6:44 pm

thnx for this very useful info…..

u have helped me recover around 6.5gb of space…..

god!!! i didnt think it wud occupy this much space….

kaspersky is gud but i hate these temp files….

anyway, thnx again….

Rohan February 16, 2009 at 7:03 pm

In Vista the DATA folder would be at
C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP8.

by the way thnx for he tip

sameer February 26, 2009 at 1:13 am

recovered 2.5 Gbs of space after doing this. Every kaspersky user not using the email feature should do this. Those tmp files are actually email files which have been scanned by kaspersky. Also disable the anti spam feature before this otherwise those files will reappear.( only if you dont use outlook, the bat! and thunderbird)

jerry February 28, 2009 at 12:57 am

Thanks for this; hate trash kicking about my system.

Mave March 2, 2009 at 1:25 pm

When I delete, it says, “Make sure disk is not write/ full protected” something… WTF!

Mave March 2, 2009 at 1:46 pm

For, every file, there’s an error when I delete. ACCESS DENIED… “Make sure the disk is not full or right-protected”… How do I deal with this?

Mayur March 2, 2009 at 2:20 pm

@Mave Make sure you have firstly disabled Kaspersky using the above described method. Then try to delete the files.

Mave March 4, 2009 at 8:30 am

@Mayur Thanks man… I was actually disabling “Enable Protection” instead of “Enable Self-Defense”… Problem Solved.

goutham April 26, 2009 at 9:44 am

I have recovered 3.5GB of free space

Serviced Apartment Bangkok May 5, 2009 at 3:26 pm

You have inspired me. Thank you very much. Good luck with your site

Muhammad imran May 10, 2009 at 8:25 pm

thanks buddy , such a nice trick ,

Husain May 19, 2009 at 12:37 am

4.44GB freed up via 228 files. This is heavenly!

maj May 26, 2009 at 6:25 pm

I thought they could be removed but good to get confirmation, better info then Kaspersky support site, thank you!

Sandeep Khanna June 13, 2009 at 7:45 pm

Thanks a ton.I was really bothered with this issue and you really did a great job.The Kaspersky site is quite a misery and to even register is a pain if you are not an American resident.

Thanks once again

salman June 14, 2009 at 4:27 pm

really awesome

Dhavish June 19, 2009 at 3:32 pm

Freed 6.55 GB . Awesome !

kevin June 20, 2009 at 3:39 pm

thanks a million – was trying to work out why i couldn’t delete all that trash on my daughter’s pc. you just helped me free up a lot of space.

Ani June 20, 2009 at 8:20 pm

recovered 1.5 Gbs of space after doing this. Every kaspersky user not using the email feature should do this.

owais July 4, 2009 at 8:33 am

Bravo! I have recovered 5.76 gb.I had been looking for a solution long time. MANY MANY THANKS DEAR.

Zagum July 14, 2009 at 6:18 pm

hi guys i have tried this method but didn’t work for me

there is an other method
simply start your pc in safe mode and get rid of those temp files

Khaled August 6, 2009 at 10:57 am

Thanks a lot.It was a great help….really appriciates your efforts. I recovered 21 gb from 10 office PC.

chandrahas August 7, 2009 at 7:08 pm

where will this enable self defense option be in internet security 09

Savy August 18, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Excellent. Truly wonderful.
I had to once re-install the C drive since I was running out of space.
These files have took about 10 GB and I couldn’t delete them.
Again after that these files are building up . Your trick worked and I was saved from re-installing again

HARI August 19, 2009 at 1:33 pm

thanks man,
i had recovered 3.5gb from c:/
my probs get solved from this huge memory loss.
thank you once again

Costin September 2, 2009 at 1:16 am

Thank you! You save my day!

Emiel September 2, 2009 at 3:26 pm

Thx! You saved me a Gig!

SAVAR September 4, 2009 at 12:13 am

THANKS A LOT! I WAS TRYIN FOR LONG TIME BUT…FINALLI FREED 6.5 GB! ONCE AGAIN THANKS A LOT.

wings September 8, 2009 at 7:57 pm

thanks buddy…i can save space more then 1G

Glyn September 14, 2009 at 4:41 pm

I figured this out and just deleted all starting with AVP8 (except the initial briefcase). Seems to be fine now and has freed up an incredible 15 gigs …thats just after 7 weeks ! ….Why doesn’t Kapersky dump these automatically from time to time? Lol I thought my comp was slowing down. Come on Kapersky ..this is a bit whatever eh!
P.S. Just do it as outlined above and don’t worry, it still works without all this damned data. (Bitdefender doesn’t do this, but it ain’t good ….so slooow)

NISHANTH September 20, 2009 at 11:19 am

thank u.. it ws very use ful… i freed about 6.10 GB 0f my disk space…

but still the kaspersky lab folder is of 3.3GB.. is it possible to delete any other files..

plz let me know

jayb September 30, 2009 at 7:31 pm

kaspersky Internet security 2010 doesn’t have temporary files…. maybe all 2010 products…. I think they fixed this issue already

Mayur September 30, 2009 at 8:29 pm: No Kaspersky 2010 products also include this issue. Just checked my KAV 2010 in Windows 7. See Here C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP9\Bases\Cache http://i38.tinypic.com/5l75n9.gif

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S A Faruque September 30, 2009 at 9:58 pm

Thanx a lot. Its really very helpful.

Ali October 26, 2009 at 2:01 am

THanks alot man … just saved 4 GB of memory
i think it’s one disadvantage Kaspersky should fix in upcoming versions

Saurav October 29, 2009 at 8:47 am

Thanks a lot !!!!!!!!

MALAV PATEL October 30, 2009 at 1:49 pm

I HAVE RECOVERED 3 GB ,,, THANK U..

ragesh November 1, 2009 at 8:11 pm

thanks a lot.worked fine .recovered 4.3 gb

Suresh Babu November 19, 2009 at 6:39 pm

Thanks yaar.

naveen November 20, 2009 at 6:50 pm

man u r a genius.love u so much. i vas really struggling wit my c drive

wael November 23, 2009 at 3:52 am

hi mayur
i follow that C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP9\Bases\Cache
just i found 2 files so just recovered 60 mg
i have very low disk space
how can i deal with that
plz Email me luka_8882004@yahoo.com

Nathan December 15, 2009 at 5:01 pm

nice man, you save my day!

unknown December 19, 2009 at 12:19 am

thanx dude .i freed 4 .95 gb space

unknown December 19, 2009 at 12:26 am

@wael
its
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Kaspersky Lab\AVP8\data
not
C:\ProgramData\Kaspersky Lab\AVP9\Bases\Cache
so try once again u will get some free space

vivekanand kherwar December 26, 2009 at 7:05 pm

thanks 4 the help buddy it really helps……..

GSRAO December 28, 2009 at 3:02 pm

Thanks a lot. Really useful post
regards
g.s.rao

dhruba December 29, 2009 at 9:58 am

thanks a lot for this.i recovered 1.5 gb.I was out of disk space!

chermany4ever January 12, 2010 at 2:27 am

Thanks! Jusy saved 400mb. Holy cow… temp files!

Saad Ahmed January 17, 2010 at 8:34 pm

Loadz of thanks bro. I recovered 3gb.. i was in hell trouble.. Thank you once again..

Mr. Styles January 21, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Thanks a bunch for the info, great help here.

charlmart February 1, 2010 at 5:31 pm

Hi – What about Kasp 2010 what should I switch on/off it appears different to 2009.

Charles

jerichoholic2000 February 3, 2010 at 4:40 am

dude, you rule..
i never thought that i could find a solution to this…!!

prajwal February 5, 2010 at 9:53 pm

dude….where should i click if i am having kaspersky internet security 2009….i could not find tat option!!!…any one knows…plz plz plz mail me!!…

Ajay mathur February 10, 2010 at 3:12 pm

i m also using kaspersky 2009 and unable to locate “enable self defence” option please help me

Ajay mathur February 10, 2010 at 3:33 pm

hi! i just found it and was a great help in get rid of tmp files….for those who r using Kaspersky 2009 click settings>click on options (on left side)>uncheck “enable self defence” > apply then exit from kaspersky and follow the above instructions to remove tmp files..

Rajesh Gupta February 14, 2010 at 3:09 pm