How to free up space on computer?

paulyjustin said:

Hi there. Yes i did the 1903 update not long ago. So you mean after 10 days, that would be removed automatically so instead of me having about 30gb free, i will have over 65gb free total?

Yes, it should be automatically removed after 10 days, after which you will no longer be able to roll back to your previous version. Sometimes the automatic deletion doesn't work, in which case see the tutorial. If you are happy that you won't want to roll back, then you can use the tutorial to delete it before the 10 days are up.

Delete Windows.old Folder in Windows 10

Hi. I just noticed my laptop added up about 30gb of space to my hard drive.


Is everyone else who had this happen also had about 30gb or so added back?

paulyjustin said:

Hi. I just noticed my laptop added up about 30gb of space to my hard drive.
Is everyone else who had this happen also had about 30gb or so added back?

Sound like your 10 days has passed and the windows.old folder has been automatically deleted. 20-30GB is a typical size for windows,old. You said yourself earlier in this thread...

paulyjustin said:

Previous windows install - 38gb

ThrashZone said:

Hi,
Buy a larger ssd
500gb samsung 860 evo's are dirt cheap so are 1-2tb

You m.2 is also pretty small prices a dropping like flies.

Cleaning cache files, old update files etc is only a palliative solution. You will be facing the same problem a week or a month later.
Buy a 500G 2.5"(~US$55) Crucial BX500 2.5" 480GB SATA III 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CT480BX500SSD1 - Newegg.com

or

1T SSD (~US$100) Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD - CT1000P1SSD8 - Newegg.com
or
Intel 660p Series M.2 2280 1TB PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 3D2, QLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEKNW010T8X1 - Newegg.com

Have you considered deleting all Restore Points (RPs)? Doing this can release Gigabytes of disk space if there are several RPs. After deleting them all you can create a new RP which will use (a lot) less space than before.

wiganken said:

Have you considered deleting all Restore Points (RPs)? Doing this can release Gigabytes of disk space if there are several RPs. After deleting them all you can create a new RP which will use (a lot) less space than before.

Also consider using CCleaner to selectively delete restore points.

Okay so few days ago, i had around 50gb free of 231gb. Then it went to 48.6gb free or so. Now suddenly, its 55gb free. Can someone explain how this happens? I did not delete any files...

Could be Windows running System Maintenance which you can invoke manually