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Discus and support After update to 21H1 Disk cleanup showed Old Windows with about 13gb; should this have been... in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; The reason for asking; with an effective storage of @28gb and 500mb available after the install; I uninstalled a couple of drivers; went back and had... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by D.Charner, Oct 20, 2021.

  1. D.Charner Win User

    After update to 21H1 Disk cleanup showed Old Windows with about 13gb; should this have been...


    The reason for asking; with an effective storage of @28gb and 500mb available after the install; I uninstalled a couple of drivers; went back and had about 6gb free and 500mb of old Windows may not be the precise terminology. So presumably - maybe I could have had 13.5GB free and the implication is that the difference - 6.5GB is somewhere buried and useless on the computer. Does this seem correct or is there some arcane reason that deleting 13GB of old windows only leaves half that amount in storage?

    :)
     
    D.Charner, Oct 20, 2021
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  2. DISK CLEANUP

    Hello,



    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



    1. Which files are you trying to delete using disk clean up?
    2. Which version of Windows are you currently using?


    Please reply back with the information to the above questions in order to provide you with appropriate troubleshooting steps:



    I understand that you are trying to free up memory using Disk Cleanup. If you are trying to delete files using disk cleanup on Windows 10, I suggest you to refer the following article on

    Disk cleanup in Windows 10
    for steps to perform disk clean up on your PC.



    Hope it helps.



    Sandeep Kumar M

    Microsoft Community – Moderator
     
    Sandeep_KM, Oct 20, 2021
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  3. Disk Cleanup after The anniversary update

    Hi,

    I realize the inconvenience you are experiencing with Disk Cleanup. I will certainly help you.

    As per your query, I would like to inform you that, it is safe to delete all the files with extension .tmp in the temporary files folder.

    I suggest you to try deleting the temporary file manually by the steps provided below and check if it helps:

    • Go to Windows key+ R and type
      temp
    • Select all of the files and folders within the Temp folder and delete.

    Please follow the below link to run disk cleanup:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...-996f-99e02c7301c2/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10

    Kindly update us on the issue to assist you further.

    Thank You.
     
    Swetha Sree, Oct 20, 2021
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  4. DaveM121 Win User

    After update to 21H1 Disk cleanup showed Old Windows with about 13gb; should this have been...

    disk cleanup

    Hi joysoder, to properly and safely delete any files not required by your system, run Disk Cleanup twice as explained below. Each time select everything in the list and delete them. Disk Cleanup will not suggest deleting anything that is not safe to delete
    . . .

    Open File Explorer

    Click on your hard drive

    On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

    Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

    Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

    Start Disk Cleanup again

    Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

    This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

    Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

    Select Everything in the list and choose Delete
     
    DaveM121, Oct 20, 2021
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