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  1. dalchina
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    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       New #11

    As zbook mentioned (one of the links in his post):

    There's a whole tutorial on recovering space:
    Free Up Drive Space in Windows 10

    - from the searchable Tutorials section.

    Do take some time to familiarise yourself with that.
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  3. TairikuOkami
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    Windows 11 Home
       New #12

    Remin said:
    2. Would I be best to stop the Windows update service etc
    Yes, some services have to be stopped in order to be able to cleanup.
    You can download this and run it as admin, it automates some of it.

    Windows/Windows Cleanup.bat at main . TairikuOokami/Windows . GitHub
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