Windows 10: Clearing up space

I was prompted to clear up space on my computer for the new update to install. I follow the steps and click on the things I don't need and have been purging those items selected. I needed 8 GB and am purging 11 GB but my computer has ether stopped purging or this just takes longer than I was expecting. My question is, how long should it take to purge 11 GB? And if my computer did indeed stop purging then how do I restart the process? Thank you for your information on this.

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Accidentally Cancelled An Update - Which files can be removed to clear space

• Right-click start and choose "Run" then type cleanmgr ("cleanup manager") and click OK.
• If asked to choose a drive, pick your C: drive (or wherever Windows is installed).
• In the popup, ignore everything and click the "Clean up system files" button. Don't miss this step.
• Now you can select all the update-related stuff above to clear it out (or clear it all, all of it is safe to remove if you want to free space).

 

Clearing up space

I was prompted to clear up space on my computer for the new update to install. I follow the steps and click on the things I don't need and have been purging those items selected. I needed 8 GB and am purging 11 GB but my computer has ether stopped purging
or this just takes longer than I was expecting. My question is, how long should it take to purge 11 GB? And if my computer did indeed stop purging then how do I restart the process? Thank you for your information on this.

 

Clear Pagefile on Shutdown


I've been looking into clearing the pagefile, and I found the following steps at a somewhat dated webpage:

1. In the registry editor, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
2. Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown to the REG_DWORD value of 1.
3. Restart Windows.

I'm just wondering whether those steps are still valid, and, if so, does clearing the pagefile work as advertised?