SS Hard drive full after recent updates for Adobe Photographic Apps.

[BBuzan549]

10/28/2025: I have just downloaded the latest Adobe updates for Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, and Bridge. When finished, Lightroom Classic wouldn't open and wouldn't update the catalog. Then I noticed that my SSD was full. I have a 500 GB SSD, and it has had about 250 GB on it for the last 8 years. Does anybody have a clue why this happened. Any info would be welcome.

[Manan Joshi]

Check if you have multiple versions of Adobe apps? I won't recommend depending solely on the latest version but if there are more versions you can choose to unistall some. Beyond this in general scan your computer to see what all is taking space and decide if it needed actually or not. W.r.t Adobe apps you can choose to install them on other drive as well

-Manan

[BBuzan549 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for your reply! I found that the Lightroom Classic update created a 200GB+ backup folder. After deleting that, everything went back to normal. Thanks again.

[Claire H.]

Hi @LVBuzzy, thanks for letting us know! Those backup folders can grow quickly and take up a surprising amount of space. For future updates, it’s a good idea to regularly check your backup settings in Lightroom Classic and adjust them as needed to prevent storage issues. Here's some helpful tips on managing your backup catalog: https://adobe.ly/4oQ5RXu
Glad things are back to working smoothly! ^CH

[Ged_Traynor]

@BBuzan549 if you're on Windows, you can use this tool to see what's taking up space on your system

https://diskanalyzer.com/