If Disk Cleanup is not working properly and does not remove Windows Update files, Temporary files, Windows.old folder, Internet files, etc. do this to fix the issue. Remove Temporary Files ...

Windows has several built-in system cleanup utilities, including the Disk Cleanup tool. However, the Command Prompt is a ...

Windows 11 KB5046617 is now rolling to everyone with version 24H2, and it fixes most of the major issues. Like every patch, ...

Many Windows 11 24H2 users, this writer included, saw a chunk of disk space occupied by "Windows Update Cleanup" after ...

Choosing the option for "Windows Update Cleanup" when running Disk Cleanup does actually remove the cache. The cleanup tool ...

even after using the Windows 11 Disk Cleanup tool. Microsoft has since clarified that Disk Cleanup may report space available incorrectly when running Windows 11 version 24H2 (Windows 11 2024 Update).

Windows' native Disk Cleanup utility would continue reporting around 8.63 GB even after scanning and deleting the files. It was speculated that perhaps the new Checkpoint update system was the ...

Microsoft’s big annual Windows 11 update has ended up being a massive headache for numerous users, with new problems constantly cropping up and getting in the way of otherwise useful changes and ...

On the test Windows 11 PC whose Windows.old folder weighed in at just under 35GB in Figure 1, running Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) returned nearly 25GB worth of disk space, as you can see in Figure 4.

The junk file may be related to "Checkpoint Updates," which were, ironically, created to help make Windows updates smaller and more optimized. Some news outlets suspect the file may actually be ...

“When 'Windows Update Cleanup' is selected and Disk Cleanup is run for the first time, some or all files in that category (for example, 15 GB) are cleaned up correctly and the related disk space ...