I can't see the file in FTP so I can even download it right now, all I can do is try and delete it from the Diskspace Usage Viewer. Have you ever come across this before and any ideas what could be my first step to figure this out? I'm looking for any clarity here if it's a system file or potentially something has been created by a developer that did some work for us.Įssentially removing this would solve my inbox spamming with warnings of going to red. In the search result list, you can see all the recent temporary files. On the top right search box, please enter 'temp' and click Enter. Click to open 'My Computer' or 'Computer'. However, as you can see this is taking up the majority of space in var and I have no idea what it is. After then, you can recover word files from the temporary files. Most of the answers online are in regard to the tmp folder which appears to be empty on the server which is great. I installed the Diskspace extension and noticed at the top of the list is this tmp file at 291 GB. My var folder is constantly struggling for space and it doesn't seem right to me. Though temporary files are supposed to be automatically. Various computer program generates TMP files, usually when that application couldnt allocate sufficient memory for the running task. I'm a complete novice so please cut me some slack as I'm in search of an answer I can seem to find an answer for. TMP file is a temporary file which is created temporarily to store information on users workstation while user is using that specific software application.