After Effects render failing at 0 because of disk space

[lvpstae]

Hello, I'm 15 years old and I'm an Instagram editor, so I might not know a lot about computer stuff, but I have followed many tutorials about clearing up disk space. I have cleared the space multiple times but my project still refuses to render and gives the same error (disk space is full). I have manually cleared the disk space (Media cache files and media cache) and even from appdata. And my Creative Cloud doesn't update and fails because: there is no space on the disk. I tried rendering my old projects that have rendered before (just for testing) but they aren't rendering too. I have even tried Adobe Media Encoder to render it but it couldn't connect to AE, which is why I turned to Creative Cloud to update both AME and AE to the latest version. Can someone please help me? Nothing has worked so far and it's been a day.

[Nancy OShea]

[Moving from Community (forum) Help to After Effects.]

Sounds like you haven't got a big enough computer.  Please ensure your computer exceeds the minimum system requirements to run Creative Cloud + all other apps you intend to use.  Requirements vary by product so check each one. Also keep in mind that macOS Catalina alone requires 4 GB of RAM and 12.5 GB of HD storage.  To edit video, particularly HD video, you need a powerful computer with ample empty HD space.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

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[Kyle Hamrick]

How much space is free on the drive AE is installed to?
Is your AE cache directed elsewhere (if you have more than one physical drive)?

[lvpstae]

Well it renders now after clearing up temporary files! I do a lot of saving because my AE crashes a lot and I think the aeps took up a lot of space. Thanks for the answers, it wasn't the solution to my problem but it definitely could be the solution to someone else's problem!