Since the space occupied by Windows always grows over time, it is necessary, every now and then, to delete those temporary or obsolete files that are no longer useful. Users are not asked to recognize these files on sight so different tools are used, mainly the Windows cleaning tool and a program to keep Windows clean like Ccleaner. One of the main causes of the growing space occupied on the computer disk by Windows is related to updates and service packs. In fact, each update carries its recovery files that take up space unnecessarily (since such recovery is never done). Microsoft has now added Windows Update cleaning to the Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 10 and Windows 7 and 8 .
The Disk Cleanup tool in Windows 10 and Windows 7 and 8 has an option that allows you to free up disk space by deleting files created by Windows Update . The cleaning tool allows you to remove Windows updates that are no longer needed. Eventually it will be possible to free from 1GB to 4GB of disk space depending on the time you use that computer. There are no side effects to this cancellation so you can proceed safely, without fear of damage.
Who has a computer with Windows 7, Windows 8 or even Windows 10, after installing the latest updates of Windows Update, can open the cleaning tool by opening a command prompt window from the administrator (look in the Start menu cmd ) by running the command cleanmgr .
Select the C: drive, continue and click on " Clean up system files " in the window that opens. This scans the system and adds additional cleaning options that are not available in a first run. Scroll down until you find Windows Cleaning and / or Temporary Windows installation files or even previous Windows installation files . Restart your computer to complete the cleanup.
For Windows 10 and Windows 8.1, you can also check how much space can be recovered from the WinSxS folder
In Windows 10 see how to recover up to 20 GB of space by deleting the installation files.
In another article, I remember, it is written how, by running the command: Cleanmgr / sageset: 65535 & Cleanmgr / sagerun: 65535 you can perform a complete disk cleanup of unnecessary files on Windows
