Windows 10: Disk Cleanup Not Freeing Space From Windows Updates

Discus and support Disk Cleanup Not Freeing Space From Windows Updates in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I'm trying to free up space running disk cleanup to remove downloaded updates. When I started cleaning I had 16 GB availible on my hard drive. Disk... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Rock239, May 6, 2019.

  1. Rock239 Win User

    Disk Cleanup Not Freeing Space From Windows Updates


    I'm trying to free up space running disk cleanup to remove downloaded updates. When I started cleaning I had 16 GB availible on my hard drive. Disk Cleanup found over 6.5 GB worth of Windows Updates. When Disk Cleanup finished running I checked my available space and it was still 16 GB. Running Disk Cleanup again to clean files it didn't find any Windows Update files to remove. It seems like that space is gone and I cannot get it back. Any solution to this problem would be greatly appreciated.

    :)
     
    Rock239, May 6, 2019
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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, May 6, 2019
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    95Viper, May 6, 2019
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  4. CC_689 Win User

    Disk Cleanup Not Freeing Space From Windows Updates

    Windows Disk Cleanup

    Disk Cleanup reports "you can use Disk Cleanup to free up to 4.00 TB of disk space on (CDisk Cleanup Not Freeing Space From Windows Updates :)".

    The bulk of this is listed as "Windows Update Cleanup 3.99 TB"

    The trouble is that drive C is a 100 GB partition on a 250 GB SSD.

    Settings, System, Storage shows:

    C: 37.7 GB used out of 97.5 GB

    D: 41.4 GB used out of 140 GB

    The OS is Windows 10 Home, version 1607, fully updated to March 16, 2017.

    There is not even 1 TB of disk space so how can Disk Cleanup free up to 4.00 TB?

    Is it safe to run Disk Cleanup in this situation?

    Thanks for any advice!
     
    CC_689, May 6, 2019
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