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Step 1. Go to File Explorer, navigate to View > Options > Change folder and search options to get Folder Options window. Take deleting Windows.old folder in Windows 10 for example. So the first move here is to make sure that option is unchecked. In case you have set to hide protected operating system files, you need to make Windows.old appear on your PC to get your important files (if there is any) from it in advance. Windows.old is regarded as a system file.

You can just delete it, but it’s different from deleting a normal folder. What is saved in Windows.old? In particular, you will find the old registry hives in C:\Windows.old\System32\config, and your personal profile files in C:\Windows.old\System32\Users, which includes Cookies, Start Menu, UserData and more, as the screenshot below shows.Īs the Windows.old folder eats up a huge amount of space, or more precisely, it usually takes 10 GB around disk space, depending on how large your previous Windows installation was. There's a good chance that you will have a Windows.old folder on your computer, if you upgraded from an old version of Windows. The Windows.old folder isn’t something new with Windows 10. But, prior to Windows 10. In this post, I will show you what Windows.old folder is and how to remove it quickly. DiskInternals Uneraser deeply scans any kind of storage device (hard drive, internals/external SSD, flash drives, SD cards, memory cards, etc.) and will find all the vanished data.If you upgraded Windows 10 from an old version of Windows, you have a Windows.old folder on the C: drive. This software will return all files and documents no matter what format they are and no matter what size they are. If, after removing the Windows.old folder, you find out that there were other important documents that you accidentally deleted – no need to worry! DiskInternals Uneraser will help you to restore them. In this case, "do nothing" is also a solution. So, if you need extra space on your disk C but afraid or lazy to apply any of these methods, you can just wait.

Time will make it instead of youĪs it was said above, these files will not be stored for more than a month. Thus, only will Windows.old folder will be erased. Then select: System -> Storage -> Free up space now -> Remove files. Go to Start and select Computer Settings. This is also a simple and easy way to use.