Why windows.edb uses half my 512 GB SSD

I use Windows8 64 bit and my main HARD drive is a 512 GB of HARD drive.  This is the C drive and contains Windows itself over all my program files.  Data, including multimedia files, downloads etc. are on my drive D, a 2 TB HARD drive.  Relatively standard setup I think.

I find the windows.edb (in programdata\microsoft\searchdata\applications\windows) file is actually using 211 Gb of my SSD!  Exact number is 210 825.1 MB

He is half of the total use as I'm up to 40 GB freespace.  What is happening and what can I do about it without having to buy a larger HARD drive? !!

Go to settings / change PC settings / search...  There is a search button cleaning history.

I could also go to control panel / indexing / advanced... and press the Refresh button.

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