Disk space after downloading from mega.co.nz less twice of file size

Question

After I download a file from MEGA it looks like the file is saved twice when saving to the destination folder.

For example, if I download a 700 MB file, it occupies 1400 MB of hard disk memory.

I tried finding this temporary file, and it seems nowhere to be found. How can I find the hidden file and delete it?

Tried it with both Firefox and Google Chrome.

Answer 1

Step 1

Click on the padlock in the address bar, click Cookies

Step 2

Expand mega.nz item, select File Systems, click Remove and OK.

Answer 2

It downloads to "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\File System\".

Answer 3

I think this is the easiest way:

1. When in the mega.co.nz website, click on the padlock icon next to the address and then click on "Site settings".
2. You will see a settings page informing of the amount of data downloaded by the website at the top of the page. Just click "Delete data".

Answer 4

While the accepted answer here will work, there is a much more direct way to do this.

In Chrome, open settings and expand the advanced section. Click the "content settings" button, then "all cookies and site data". In the window that opens, search for mega. Click the result and you should see a "file system" button. Click that and it should show persistent storage taking up a large amount of space. Click "remove" and you space will be freed.

Answer 5

If it's downloaded twice, find any of the downloaded file names (the more unique the better) and perform a system wide search for it.

It may be useful to download TreeSize by Jam. It will review all your folders and files and show which folder(s) contains the most files (disk space).. This may still be laborious but may help you if there are other large folders you are not aware of.