Windows 10: Disk Cleanup can now wipe your downloads folder in Windows 10 version 1809

Microsoft has released Windows 10 October 2018 Update, or the version 1809 – following the Windows 10 April 2018 Update that released back in spring of 2018.

Windows 10 October 2018 Update comes with several new features and improvements to freshen up your PC experience. Microsoft’s latest update to the desktop OS adds a Your Phone app integration, new Cloud Clipboard and it looks like that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update also brings some improvements to Disk Cleanup utility tool.



It appears that Microsoft has quietly updated the Disk Cleanup utility tool with a new option that would help you free up more space.



The Disk Cleanup utility now comes with a new option “Download folder” and obviously the option is unchecked by default. If you don’t pay attention and select all options, the system will wipe your entire downloads folder.

Microsoft plans to deprecate Disk Cleanup in a future release


Microsoft recently confirmed that the company is planning to deprecate the classic Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 10 and it won’t receive any new features after the release of Windows 10 October 2018 Update.



The Disk Cleanup tool already has a successor called “Free up Space Now” that can be accessed from the Settings page. Free Up Space Now is a better solution and you can access it by launching the Settings app and navigating to System > Storage > Free Up Space Now”.

In Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the Storage Sense is getting better and it can now free up your space automatically by deleting the local cache of contents synced to OneDrive.

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Disk bloat in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Is it my imagination, or does the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update consume an additional 20-30GB of disk space over the previous Creators Update release? Unfortunately, I didn't log my disk usage before the upgrade, but now my C: drive has 56GB of stuff, and I know it wasn't anywhere near that full before. I've run "Disk Cleanup -> Clean up system files" and selected everything on the list, including remove previous version of Windows. I also emptied my Recycle Bin, my Temp folder, \Windows\Temp folder, and \Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder. Finally, I ran Wise Disk Cleaner to delete assorted application garbage.

Has anyone else noticed the bloat in Fall Creators Update?

 

Windows 10 forced download

To stop the download, uninstall the KB3035583 update (under "Control Panel > Windows Update > Installed Updates").


To get rid of the C:\$Windows.~BT folder:

• Right-click on your C: drive.
• Select "Properties".
• Click on [ Disk Cleanup ]
• After the initial scan: If you have a [ Clean up system files ] button, click it and wait for the second scan to finish.
• Scroll down the list and look for "Temporary Windows installation files" (its size should be in the gigabytes range); check the box.
• Click on [ OK ] to start the clean-up.

 

Windows 10 forced download

^This, then reboot and go to manually update windows. Find KB3035583 in the list of available updates, right-click and "Hide this update" so it doesn't get installed again next go around.