Windows 10: Microsoft updates Windows 10’s Disk Cleanup with new warning message

Microsoft has been working on some improvements to protect users from accidentally deleting any files from Downloads folders. The company released a new Insider build 18305 earlier in the week which now comes with a Warning message when trying to delete files from the Downloads folder.

The warning message will appear in the Disk Cleanup screen for the Downloads folder. In the latest preview build, users will now be warned while running a Disk Cleanup on the Downloads folder that it would remove data which they would like to keep.

“Warning: These are files in your personal Downloads folder. Select this is you’d like to delete everything. This does not respect your Storage Sense configuration,” the message displayed in the Disk Cleanup screen reads.

Earlier Microsoft had included the same setting in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update but without a warning message pop up when users tried to delete files while running the Disk Cleanup. The Redmond Giant had received a lot of criticism due to this since the users ended up deleting all the files in the Downloads folder which otherwise they would have wanted to keep.

Since the backlash, Microsoft has been working on making sure that users do not delete any data accidentally while performing a Disk Cleanup. The new warning message might go unnoticeable due to the updated UI in the latest build.

The new Disk Cleanup improvements are currently available for testing in the latest Windows 10 build 18305 for Fast Ring Insiders. We expect Microsoft to make more improvements to the disk cleanup experience based on the feedback provided by insiders before it plans to release the public version of Windows 10 19H1 in April 2019.

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Disk cleanup not working on Windows 10.

Hello David,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• What is the exact error message you are getting?
• Are you trying to delete the temporary files or system files using
  Disk cleanup?

Disk cleanup is used to delete the un-wanted and un-necessary temporary files located in your PC. However you can also use Disk cleanup to delete system files on the PC, which is not recommended as it might cause system
performance issues on the PC.



When performing Disk Cleanup, checking the appropriate options is necessary so you do not delete the restore points present in the system.



Refer to the steps from the link below on Disk cleanup in Windows 10 and check if it helps:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-10/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10



If the issue persists, is suggest you to close all the system windows which is kept open on the desktop and check if the Disk cleanup method works.



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