Should I Delete the Windows.old Folder After Refreshing Windows?

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After a refresh of Windows I cleaned the system files.
Do I need to delete the Windows.old folder too?
 
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Peterr said:
Do I need to delete the Windows.old folder too?
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no you don't need to but you can if you want

  • right click the C drive
  • select disk clean-up and the extra clean up system files option
  • tick previous windows





p.s, the folder itself will be removed by the clean up... that is one way you know that you did not make a mistake

 
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The benefit would be to reclaim space. The Windows.old directory will automatically be removed in 30 days.
 
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The entire Windows.Old directory will be removed.

On Pro and Enterprise versions you can get and set the rollback counter

DISM /Online /Get-OSUninstallWindow

DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:<days>
 
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ime the only real benefit is having control of your files {important for some backup software} and yes there could be malware hiding in it but thats not likely
 
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