To clear your Steam games folder, delete the contents or move them to another location.
To clear your Steam games folder, delete the contents or move them to another location.
You've observed that your game drive space is shrinking even when you don't add new content. It might be related to how Steam handles updates. If you suspect it's hoarding old updates, you can clear them manually through Steam settings or by using a disk cleanup tool. To remove all old updates, consider uninstalling games one by one and checking for any leftover files in your drive.
many people often end up storing files in the documents folder on my SSD.
A third-party solution exists for removing extra software and old versions. http://sourceforge.net/projects/tikione/
I've tried it before, but the impact is small. The parts removed seem to reappear after you run a "verify integrity of cache" on the games or during updates. Also, GitHub and SourceForge have been compromised and aren't safe for software: https://github.com/jonathanlermitage/tik...r/releases