Windows 10: Not enough space on 32gb usb flash drive for windows 10 download?

I tried reformatting my hard drive it says its unable

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Download Windows 10 updates to flash drive

I have a small 32GB hard drive on my Dell laptop which isn't enough space to download Windows 10 updates. How do I configure Windows 10 to download updates to my USB Flash Drive which has 64GB of storage?

 

32GB laptop - install updates on external drive

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I see from your screenshot you have the Update Assistant asking for more space, so this would be the update to 1803. As Samuria says, you can download the install media to a usb using the Media Creation Tool, so that will be on a usb and not eating up your precious space.

Create Bootable USB Flash Drive to Install Windows 10

You start a manual update to 1803 by running the Setup you will see on the usb. That's step 5 in this tutorial.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

But you may still need to free up space first. Windows update backups can eat a lot of space, they can be cleaned up by using Disc Clean up and clicking 'clean up system files'. That's item 14 in this comprehensive tutorial that lists all the ways you can clean up space on your drive.

Free Up Drive Space in Windows 10

 

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