How to Correctly Delete the Windows.old folder after updating Windows 10

hello if you upgraded windows 7 to windows 10 or updated windows 10 to a newer version then you have a windows old folder located on the c drive for the new windows to work this folder is not needed it takes up a lot of space and today i will show you how to properly delete the windows old folder let's open explorer this computer local drive c and here we see this folder if you right click on it and go to properties then you can understand how big this folder with files is and how much disk space it takes up of course reasonable questions arise what is this folder for and can it be deleted the answer is simple and the name of the folder itself speaks about this the files necessary for backup recovery and return to the old version of windows that you updated are stored here this action was provided by the developers of the system in case you do not like the new version and you want to return to your old windows the new windows includes automatic deletion of windows old after a while but if you do not plan to return to the old version then you cannot wait just delete this folder and free up disk space for your other applications the fact is that when you try to delete this folder in the usual way the system will show an error and it will be impossible to delete this folder and i will now show you how to do it correctly go to the c drive right click on it go to properties and here on the right there is a utility disk cleanup click on it [Music] now we click on clean up system files the utility will scan your c drive and provide information about what data will need to be deleted [Music] scroll down and you will see previous windows installations you need to check this [Music] and click ok then click delete files the system warns that after cleaning you cannot return to the old version of windows click yes this will launch the disk cleanup utility and clean up your windows old folder in a few minutes when everything is ready click ok to close this window open the c drive and see that the folder windows old is gone and so if you have updated windows 10 and you have a folder windows old this is a great way to free up a lot of disk space thanks a lot for watching and if you want to see more of these videos please subscribe and if you like this video do not forget to click on like and leave a comment i really appreciate your support [Music]

Channel: ipMalik

Views: 17,298

Keywords: how to delete windows old files in windows 10, windows 10, windows.old, how to delete windows.old folder, remove windows 10 old folder, delete windows.old folder from windows 10

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Length: 2min 54sec (174 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 20 2020