Remove Outdated Windows Updates Using Disk Cleanup in Windows 7 Sp1
Note
Be sure you are running Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
New Important Update that Adds Windows Update Cleanup
This morning, a new recommended update was released. It can be found here.
This update back ports some of the same functionality built into Windows 8 and later. It gives us the ability to cleanup previous versions of the files superseded by Windows updates.
Note: This is categorized as an “important” update. What does this mean for you? This means it’s not a critical security update which means it may not be automatically installed or deployed depending on your Windows Update settings, WSUS settings, or other 3rd party patch management software settings.
Windows Update Cleanup Process
So what does this process look like?
After you install the update, click on Start, Search, type Disk Cleanup, and then right-click on Disk Cleanup and run it as Administrator.
First, you are prompted to select the drive you want to clean up. This is only valid for the operating system drive. So select C:\.
Disk Cleanup scans and calculates how much space you will be able to free on that drive:
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