Windows 10: Less free space after running Disk Cleanup utility (Windows 10 1803)

Discus and support Less free space after running Disk Cleanup utility (Windows 10 1803) in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi, The Disk Cleanup utility says that I could recover about 3Gb of disk space after eliminating Windows Update leftovers. OK, let's go. But at the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by MainSoft, Nov 15, 2018.

  1. MAINSOFT
    MainSoft Win User

    Less free space after running Disk Cleanup utility (Windows 10 1803)


    Hi,

    The Disk Cleanup utility says that I could recover about 3Gb of disk space after eliminating Windows Update leftovers. OK, let's go. But at the end of the process, I have actually lost about 500 Mb.


    How comes ?

    :)
     
    MainSoft, Nov 15, 2018
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  2. 95VIPER
    95Viper Win User
    95Viper, Nov 15, 2018
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  3. TIGGER
    tigger Win User
    disk cleanup running randomly

    I am running windows 8.1, the disk cleanup window for c keeps popping up, if i move the mouse towards it, it disappear. Is there something nasty on my machine causing this?

    I have scanned with malwarebytes and cc cleaner but they find nothing.

    Any ideas?

    tigger
     
    tigger, Nov 15, 2018
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  4. THEONEDUB
    theonedub Win User

    Less free space after running Disk Cleanup utility (Windows 10 1803)

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    No its built into Windows, just open disk cleanup and select 'Clean up system Files' button on the bottom left- now you'll see previous installs of Windows listed under list of cleanable items. My old install is a whopping 25GB of my 256GB SSD.
     
    theonedub, Nov 15, 2018
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