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Fix for CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal Growing Huge in Windows 11
I had a problem where this file kept growing extremely fast and reached around 80 GB: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\CapabilityAccessManager\CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal At first, stopping the ...
The WAL file is a temporary log that helps the main database commit writes efficiently. Normally it stays small. But when something requests location hundreds of times per second, the WAL file grows until it's flushed. At 80GB, your system probably never got a chance to flush it because the writes never stopped.
It was writing constantly, I could see the file growing in real time, a meg every 30 seconds. this fixed it:
Settings → Privacy & security → Location
Turn off:
Location services
Also turn off:
Let desktop apps access your location