How to Free Over 10GB of Disk Space After Installing Windows 10’s May 2019 Update

Did you just install the May 2019 Update? If so, there7;s more than 10 GB of data wasting space on your hard drive2;we had 24.6 GB! On a laptop or tablet with a limited amount of storage, this can fill up your device quite a bit.

If you have a computer with a large amount of available storage, you might not even notice this useless data. It7;ll stick around for 10 days until Windows automatically cleans it up. But, if you7;re pressed for space, you7;ll want to clean it up as soon as possible.

These Files Let You Downgrade for 10 Days

Upgrading between ;builds; of Windows 101;like from Windows 107;s October 2018 Update to Windows 107;s May 2019 Update1;is treated the same as upgrading to an entirely new Windows operating system.

When you upgrade to a new ;build,; Windows creates a Windows.old folder that contains the system files from your ;old; Windows installation. This allows you to ;go back; to the previous build of Windows 10 if you experience a problem with the new build.