I totally feel like I want to delete it, and I'll probably delete it regardless of what you guys say, but I still want to ask. Is there a reason why I should not want to delete it ?
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Hello Marron,
If you performed a refresh of Windows 10, upgrade to Windows 10, or a custom install of Windows 10 on the same partition as the previous Windows installation without doing a clean install, then you will have a C:Windows.old folder in your new installation afterwards. The Windows.old folder contains a copy of the previous Windows installation, and can be quite large in size.
The Windows.old folder is safe to delete if you do not want anything in it.
Windows.old Folder - Delete in Windows 10
Well I deleted mine via disk cleanup. That said I make regular disk image backups.
So if you want to get the space back make sure you have a disk backup just in case.
I upgraded from Win 7 Pro and I deleted it with disk cleanup.
Well, it was just updating from build 10041 to 10074, so I guess I already have everything that's there. And why not simply plain delete the folder in explorer ?Hello Marron,
If you performed a refresh of Windows 10, upgrade to Windows 10, or a custom install of Windows 10 on the same partition as the previous Windows installation without doing a clean install, then you will have a C:Windows.old folder in your new installation afterwards. The Windows.old folder contains a copy of the previous Windows installation, and can be quite large in size.
The Windows.old folder is safe to delete if you do not want anything in it.
Windows.old Folder - Delete in Windows 10
Windows.old is a system folder and it must be deleted via Disk Cleanup.Well, it was just updating from build 10041 to 10074, so I guess I already have everything that's there. And why not simply plain delete the folder in explorer ?
No there are other ways to do it as explained in the link in Brinks Post.Windows.old is a system folder and it must be deleted via Disk Cleanup.
Ok.. but I like the Disk Cleanup method and it does work.No there are other ways to do it as explained in the link in Brinks Post.
Windows will not let you just simply delete it like that since it's a protected system folder. You can use any of the options in the tutorial link I posted to delete it though.Well, it was just updating from build 10041 to 10074, so I guess I already have everything that's there. And why not simply plain delete the folder in explorer ?
The one use I had for Windows.old was to create a ISO to use for additional or clean installs using the ESDtoISO tool. Now with the Windows 10 ISOs being published, that is no longer necessary so I delete it.
