Windows 10: How can you use “Disk Cleanup” without erasing restore points?

Hello,


I have my pc working well now, so I created a restore point on my PC.


In the past, I have used “Disk Cleanup” to clean up files. Everytime I use

the “Disk Cleanup” on my computer, it also erases my restore points.



How can I use “Disk Cleanup” without erasing restore points?



Thanks


Alan

:)

 

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

Hi joysoder, to properly and safely delete any files not required by your system, run Disk Cleanup twice as explained below. Each time select everything in the list and delete them. Disk Cleanup will not suggest deleting anything that is not safe to delete
. . .

Open File Explorer

Click on your hard drive

On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

Start Disk Cleanup again

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

This time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

 

Create restore point does not stop

Hi Nigel,

Restore points are usually saved in
Local Disk (C), kindly check that the Local Disk (C (System) is
selected when creating a restore point. If it is correctly selected and the issue still persists, kindly go to the
Local Group Policy Editor
and check if the
"Turn off Configuration"
and
"Turn off System Restore State"
is set to
Not configured. To do this, press
Windows key + R, type
GPEdit.msc
and hit
Enter. Go to the location
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > System Restore and check if both state is set to "Not configure".
If it is set to the correct state, perform these troubleshooting:

Check Disk:

To do this, follow these steps:

• 
  Access
  Command
  Prompt as
  Administrator.
  
• 
  Type
  chkdsk /f /r
  and hit
  Enter.
  

Run SFC Scan: 

To run an
SFC scan, follow these steps
(Kindly perform it 3 times):

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type
  sfc /scannow
  and hit
  Enter.   
  

Run DISM Tool: 

To perform
DISM, follow these steps:

• 
  Run
  Command Prompt as Administrator.  
  
• 
  Type the following command:  
  
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /scanhealth  
    
  • 
    DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth  
    

NOTE:
This might take a while to finish scanning.
Do not cancel (after running DISM, run SFC again 3 times).

If the issue persists, kindly provide us the screenshot of the return message so that we can investigate this matter
further.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.