Windows 10: Deleting previous versions of windows 10

I have being trying to delete previous verions of windows 10 by clinking on storage, then Temporary files and selecting Previous version of Windows, clicking on remove files, no files are deleted. What can I do now?

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Don't delete "Previous version of Windows" before doing Creators Update

On one computer I deleted "Previous version of Windows" before doing the Creators Update, and this slowed down the update process by first doing a maintenance update of the previous version of Windows 10, followed by a re-download of the Creators Update.


Details:

Before doing a major update I do a system backup to an external hard drive. Before doing such a system backup I usually use "Remove temporary files" to get rid of material I don't need to backup. This is done using "Settings | System | Storage | Local
storage | Computer (C | Temporary files". The checkbox for "Previous version of Windows" typically gave a simple way of deleting the Windows.old files that "give you the option to go back to your previous version of Windows".

But before the Creators Update, what is labeled as "Previous version of Windows" seems instead to be the pending update and there is no Windows.old folder despite the computer reporting several gigabytes of "Previous version of Windows".

On one computer I deleted "Previous version of Windows" and the Creators Update failed and Windows Update then installed a maintenance update of the previous version of Windows 10, followed by a re-download of the Creators Update. The Creators Update then
installed without problem.

One the second computer I left "Previous version of Windows" alone and the Creators Update worked first time.

It seems that deleting "Previous version of Windows" actually deletes the pending Creators update.

My experience suggests doing the following:

• Users: don't delete "Previous version of Windows" before doing the Creators Update. It is the Creators Update.
• Microsoft: don't report the pending Creators Update as "Previous version of Windows" and tempt users to delete it.

 

Cannot delete the previous version of Windows.

Hi,

You may be able to delete Windows.old via
Settings > Storage page.

Settings > Storage > C:\ drive > Temporary Files > Delete previous versions.

If that doesn't help, check out the answer here: How to delete C:\Windows.Old folder witout using disk cleanup

(Also applies to Windows 10.)