Windows 10: does w10 disk cleanup remove windows updates?

Hi
does windows 10 disk cleanup remove windows updates?

i updated windows 10 , i reboot and i run disk cleanup as administrator
but in the list there is no entry about windows updates


thanks

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Temporary Windows 10 Installation Folder/Files

Hi,

After Disk Cleanup does it's first scan, click "System Files" at the lower left of the window...

Disk Cleanup will scan again and list additional files\folders to remove...

 

remove

windows old does not remove in disk cleanup how do I delete this please

 

Windows Updates don't get deleted you have to uninstall them instead but you only uninstall an update if your having issues with your computer from installing that update, other wise if there no problems you leave the updates installed

 

That is not completely true.

Disk Cleanup has a button "Clean up system files" (or similar). After you press that button, it will scan the drive again and then the list will contain additional entries, with which you will be able to remove some system files: This includes files of old Windows installations. It also includes files, which have before been used to upgrade Windows to Windows 10 (temporary Windows installation files). And it includes an option to remove the backup files for uninstalling Windows updates. If you remove those files, you will no longer be able to go back to the old Windows version or to uninstall these updates.

However, if what you want to do is to actually uninstall a Windows Update, then this can be done in the Windows Update function of Windows 10. Note however that uninstalling updates in many cases opens security holes and often it also excludes you from getting following updates (as these may very well depend on what you have uninstalled). So if you have a problem with a Windows Update, you should not uninstall the update, but you should in fact solve that problem.

 

My statement was referring to the OS one is using at the moment not for the old versions.. That old version will get deleted after 30 days any ways if you don't roll back but I have to agree with your statement for the prior version

 

hi
i guess i was not clear ,sorry for my poor english
i wanted to know if w10 disk cleanup is like w8
i mean after an update , i was used under w8 to run disk cleanup and clean windows updates

like

 

Hello drugo, *Smile

Windows Update Cleanup is an option in Disk Cleanup that you can use to have Windows automatically delete Windows updates that you no longer need to free up hard drive space.

The tutorial below can give you more details about this. It's the same in Windows 10.

Windows Update Cleanup in Windows 8

 

hi Brink
but under w10 i can not see the windows update cleanup in disk cleanup
i do like the link/tutorial , but nothing , the option is not present in my w10 pro 64bit although i have updated it

 

Usually when it's not available, there's nothing to clean.

 

the windows updates that are part of the cleanup process are 30-45 days old...
Meaning the old file backups are removed after 30-45days and only the Updated files remain..

to perform a disk cleanup Now and bypass the 45days waiting period >

EDIT - Mod inserted Link removed

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

 

hi
do you mean that after 30-45 days i can run disk cleanup and i can find Windows Update Cleanup?

and Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBas does not perform the same task of windows update cleanup
thanks

 

Yes after the waiting period, it will clean-up old windows updated files..

/resetbase will remove ALL old windows updated files - regardless of when updated = no waiting period

Both methods do the same thing as far as clean-up - Except the waiting period

 

hi Kyhi

do you mean i have to run disk cleanup or there is a built in schedule that perform automatically the clean up?
and may i know where did you find such information
thansks

 

you can add (create) it as a Scheduled task
or you can run it as you have been