Disk space being take up by error reports,

[Chris204]

Erro reports are taking up disk space,troubleshooting history is taking up disk space

[WAWood]

@Chris204 

Hello;
Allow me to welcome you to the HP Support Community!

Here are some things you can do to recover some of the disk space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/

Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html

In addition, I have found the utility Cleanmgr+ to have LOTS of options for removing Windows junk, including log files.  I use it practically every day.  You can get it from here:  https://www.getclone.app/download/category/11-cleanmgr

[Dragon-Fur]

@Chris204 

Reports are usually, by definition, created for use by the administrator or the technician charged with the care of the machine.

If the reports are in a location on the system to which you have access (permission to enter the folder area),

If the reports are of no (further) use to you,

Delete the files / logs that you no longer want.

As you know, Disk Cleanup is a recommended method for "cleaning and clearing" out unwanted data.

Disk cleanup in Windows 10

and / or

If you like, first use a tool to check the disk space used by particular files and folders stored on your computer.

There are many choices - I have used the following (just tested:  software still works on Windows 10 - V1809):

Tree Size Free

For those reading: 

• Run the software as Administrator to access data outside of your account
• At this writing, Tree Size Free also has versions for XP, Windows 2000, and even 9x/ME.

Once you have determined that the "space hogs" are the logs to which you refer in your post, 

• Assuming you have access to the space (folder) and the the data,
• Navigate to the folder containg the data you wish to delete,
• Delete the files.
• Open your Trash Bin (Recycle) and delete the files there.  (As you know, most data is not deleted until you empty the trash.)

Consider:

Windows will try to protect itself from unauthorized access to certain areas in the Operating System.  Even having "Admin" access is not enough to breach these protected areas.   "Protected Areas" are those folders / areas on the system that deny you access even if you are logged in using an administrative (privileged) account.  Respect the boundaries.

Event Logs?

If the log-jam is a result of you having switched on "logging" in the Event Viewer,

Remember to switch off the feature to prevent the logs from returning. 

If you don't know what this means, ignore the suggestion.

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