Storage - Temporary files = C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download ?

Win10 Pro x64 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.720
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I run Disk Cleanup as admin and I cleaned all windows update components.
Now disk cleanup shows only 17,3MB of disk space I can reclaim.
But System Settings - Storage - Temporary files shows 5,05 GB of disk space !!!
I searched with TreeSizeFree and the only folder with similar size is the "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" folder.

1. Can anyone confirm this, on his own computer ?
2. Can I safely delete "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" folder ?







Thank you.

SoFine409 said:

Take a look at this
Clean Up Component Store (WinSxS folder) in Windows 10

I Analyzed Component Store but nowhere the 5,05 GB

The 5.02 GB is somewhere in the windows updates ... but where ?
The only explanation is in the "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" folder.
The above folder can't be cleaned by "Disk Cleanup" but the Windows "Settings-Storage-Temporary files-Updates" shows this reserved space as space that can be cleaned !!

Disk Cleanup will delete downloaded updates store within SoftwareDistribution folder.

FreeBooter said:

Disk Cleanup will delete downloaded updates store within SoftwareDistribution folder.

Will it clean the "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" folder ?

Because I did a "Disk Cleanup" and I deleted "Windows Update Cleanup" files but there are still 5.02 GB in "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" folder.

Open the Command Prompt as a administrator and execute below commands one at a time.

Code:

 Net stop wuauserv

 Rd /s /q %SystemRoot%\SoftwareDistribution

Restart your computer.

If I delete the SoftwareDistribution folder, can I still uninstall updates?