Windows 10: Missing Windows Update Cleanup after cancelling Disk Cleanup

Discus and support Missing Windows Update Cleanup after cancelling Disk Cleanup in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I tried to be as concise as possible in the title but I will give as much info as I can here: I noticed my laptop was lagging a bit so I checked my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by Kimika, Sep 27, 2019.

  1. KIMIKA
    Kimika Win User

    Missing Windows Update Cleanup after cancelling Disk Cleanup


    I tried to be as concise as possible in the title but I will give as much info as I can here:

    I noticed my laptop was lagging a bit so I checked my disk space and noticed it was at about 11 GB.

    I decided to initiate Disk Cleanup via Setting-System-Storage-Free Up Space Now
    After Scanning it showed I could free up approx. 16 GB of space with the Windows Update Cleanup. I accepted and allowed it to start cleaning.

    I thought I could still check out my other setting while it was running so I hit the back arrow to look at other settings. When I went back in it looked like it canceled the cleanup and started scanning again.

    After 1/2 hour of it simply saying "Scanning" I decided to close and attempt to reboot it to see if I can start the cleaning again. It hung for 15 Minutes on "Restarting" before I forced it off with the power button.

    After starting it up again I went back into Cleanup the same way I had done and it did scan more or less successfully. However even though it scanned the Windows Update Cleanup the option to clean it isn't showing anymore. It didn't remove the full 16 GB as my disk is only showing 12.5 GB free space. so only 1.5 GB was cleaned.

    Is there some way to get that option back? I tried running it as Admin via a search for the App. Or did I really mess something up by forcing the reboot like that when it seemed to hang?

    :)
     
    Kimika, Sep 27, 2019
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  2. SANDEEP_KM
    Sandeep_KM Win User

    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, Sep 27, 2019
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  3. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User
    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
     
    DaveM121, Sep 27, 2019
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  4. TIGGER
    tigger Win User

    Missing Windows Update Cleanup after cancelling Disk Cleanup

    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, Sep 27, 2019
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