DELL Laptop “System Files” storage is very large

Windows 10 Home, 20H2, build 19042.630 on DELL Inspiron 15-3576 laptop.

I believe that the average storage space used by Windows “System Files” is around 20 GB but on my DELL laptop it is 34.3 GB.

I believe DELL installs a specialised version of Windows in their laptops but could this amount to an extra 14.3 GB?

I am referring to the OS files here, not storage used by apps, and there are no restore points saved since ‘System Recovery’ is turned OFF.

Does anyone know how to reduce the storage taken by “System Files”?

Thank you.

Not quite sure what you mean by "System Files" - I assume you mean the size of the Windows Folder.
34.3 GB is perfectly normal. It is 38.7 GB on my Laptop.

Using the new Storage indicators in Settings says System Files are 32.5 GB.
Each total is probably adding up slightly different things.

No idea where you get those ideas of an average of 20 GB, is not true now.

It is a standard version of Windows 10.
Dell may add a few system drivers for their hardware, but so do all Laptop manufacturers. Very small in size, no worries.

I do user support on the Dell Community forums.
A misconception that's been around for ages. The Windows OS installed by Dell is a standard OEM OS, nothing added.
There is additional support software installed such as the Dell Support Assistant, but that is not part of the OS.

I'll try to upload photos again: -

DELL is the top picture and my desktop is the other.

"This begs the question “What the heck are DELL installing in their laptops?"

Not really because mine is a Toshiba laptop and System Files are 32.5 GB.

You'll have to ask Microsoft as to what is included in those categories.

Yes, I think I will just have to accept that the DELL system files are larger than my other PC. It is what it is and that's it.

Thanks for all replies. I'll call this solved.