'Is it possible to reduce disk usage by utilising SYMLINKS

My C: drive currently has 1GB free and i was wondering if i could use a symlink to "move" files to my D: drive for e.g. mklink /j "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office" "D:\Program files\Microsoft Office". Does doing so actually reduce disk usage on my main drive or not at all?



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