{"id":4905,"date":"2020-05-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2020-05-04T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:00:16","slug":"750mb-of-undeletable-log-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/04\/750mb-of-undeletable-log-files\/","title":{"rendered":"750MB of *undeletable* log files!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sometimes, Windows can&#8217;t or won&#8217;t delete old, no-longer-relevant log files. 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