Why would there be 172 gb of "other" used on my hardrive?

What is the "other" and how do i get rid of it?

Basically "other is everything other than user files" Applications, plug-ins,Apps, 3rd party stuff, etc...
Dump as much of the "junk" you have put on the machine.

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