Windows 10: Disk Cleanup not cleaning Windows Update Clean-up

For a bit, I have been trying to get rid of Windows Update Clean-up in Disk Cleanup, but it is not working. I have tried searching but every answer I find either does not relate to my situation/does not work. It has gotten so bad that it has accumulated to 8.30GB.I would include screenshots but it isn't letting me. It's just failing to upload

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Disk cleanup don't cleans Windows Update Cleanup.

For us to better assist you, we would like to ask a few questions regarding disk clean up.

• Have you made any updates or changes to your computer before experiencing this issue?
• Are you getting any error messages when cleaning the Windows Update Clean up?
• Have you tried any troubleshooting steps before posting this concern? If yes, what are those?

Looking forward to your response.

 

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

 

Disk cleanup don't cleans Windows Update Cleanup.

Hi Himanshu,

Just to verify, are you running the Disk Cleanup as administrator? Windows Update Cleanup will only run with administrator rights, so be sure to check on that if you haven't.

UPDATE:

We tried to simulate the issue that you are having and have figured out a way on how to manually clean it up. Here are the steps:

• Type Services.msc on the Cortana search bar.
  
• Scroll down to Windows Update, right click and select Stop.
• Launch the File Explorer.
• Go to This PC > Local Disc (C > Windows
  > SoftwareDistribution.
• Rename SoftwareDistribution folder to SoftwareDistribution_1.
• Restart your PC.

Once booted up, go back to the Windows folder. You will notice that there will be two Software Distribution folder. Delete the
SoftwareDistribution_1 folder. This will let you clear out the Update Folder.

Let us know how it goes.