Windows 10: WinSxS is a very large file yet I can't find anyway to reduce it's size

Hello!

I'm currently having a problem with the WinSxS file. As you know, the WinSxS file gets large at times.



I do currently wish to reduce the size but there's no way I can.

*I have tried using command prompt, but that doesn't work at all! When I do the command and it says 'success', the winsxs is still the same.

*I have tried using diskcleanup, but as you can see, there's still no windows cleanup option available...



No matter what I try, it's all the same!

Anyway to reduce the size? Should I just wait?

Or am I stuck with it?

:)

 

Reduce the size of the WinSxS folder

Hi Adrian,

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

Then for more options for reducing the size of that WinSxS folder, please see this Microsoft Article:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardwa...

 

WinSxS file too large on Windows 10 device

Hi, I have a Windows 10 tablet (Dell Venue 11 Pro) and the WinSxS folder is occupying a significant portion of the disk space. I visited

this page and tried to:

• Run Disk Cleanup, which did nothing
• Run the Task Scheduler, which reduced the size by a couple of gigabytes but the file is still way too large (exceeding 10GB)

I did not try the DISM solution as I find the command prompt difficult to use on the tablet and don't have an external keyboard.

The WinSxS file seems to be primarily occupied by amd64 files.

Is there any other way for me to reduce the size of this folder? Is there no specific Windows update that I missed, or third party tool, that deals with this issue? Or is the DISM approach that I skipped stronger than the other two and the only solution?

I'd really rather not do a clean install of Windows but at this point I'm tempted to start deleting large chunks of the folder and reformatting if I break something...

Thanks in advance

 

Reduce the size of the WinSxS folder

Good morning, In Windows 10 Home in partition C in the Windows folder there is a folder named WinSxS where it has many files. Please be nice to tell me how I could reduce the space (size) of this folder.
Wait for response! A good day!