

In the previous example, manually removing the cached updates from the File Explorer is surely efficient. After removing the cached updates, go back to the Services window, right-click on the Windows Update service and choose Start. To delete the files without moving to Recycle Bin, press the Shift+Delete keys instead.Ĥ. Once everything is selected, press the Delete key to remove the cached updates. Keep the Services window open to re-enable the Windows Update service later.ģ. Inside the Services window, right-click on Windows Updates and select Stop. You should then see the Services window pop up.Ģ.

To do so, follow the instructions below to remove the backups you don’t need. To conserve space, you should periodically check for and delete backup files. The Backup and Restore feature helps ensure you don’t lose important files, but it has a downside the backed-up files’ size keeps inflating. Windows 10 has a built-in feature that automatically backs up files to a separate storage volume. Let’s start this space-saving tutorial and cover how to delete backup files in Windows 10. All examples demonstrated in this tutorial were done on Windows 10 Build 1909, but these tips should work on older builds also.

If you’d like to follow along with each of these handy storage-saving tips, you’ll only need to meet one prerequisite Windows 10.
