Forum Discussion

Brass Contributor

Jun 13, 2022

Disk Cleanup won't delete certain files

Disk Cleanup via Windows settings doesn't delete the checked "Temporary files" (770mb) nor Windows Defender files. All the other checked files do get cleaned up normally. It completes as if it succes...

Features

Netcruzn

Copper Contributor

Jun 14, 2022

JohnnyGui I am experiencing exactly the same issue/s. The windows update, defender and temp files do not clear. I have been trying various ways to delete the past few days. This is seems to have started in the past couple of updates. I am currently showing 2.16g windows update files that will not delete. This is a big deal when trying to clean up files to capture an image. By not being able to clean up all files it's is increasing my image size approximately 3g that is not needed. Any help from Microsoft would be appreciated.

JohnnyGui

Brass Contributor

Jun 15, 2022

Netcruzn

Thanks for the reply.

I have moved 7 days old files rom the Appdata/Local/Temp folder itself and it disappeared from the Disk Cleanup. However, today 70mb of temp files popped up in Disk Cleanup that I couldn't delete.

I know it's not that much space but I don't get why it simply doesn't work.

JohnnyGui
Brass Contributor
Jun 19, 2022
No one else who noticed the same thing on his/her Windows 11 device?
- wrd2093au
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 15, 2022
  Same here ... I have 2.48Gb "Windows Update" files that Disk Cleanup simply refuses to delete. Restart does not help. Running the usual sfc and DISM commands also no help. It's just annoying behaviour (bug I assume) ... it doesn't throw any error ... but the same space allocation shows up immediately after Disk Cleanup completes and you rerun it.