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Tips & Tricks How to Clean the WinSxS Folder

dOpeify

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you can also take ownership of the back up file (C:\Windows\WinSxS\Backup) you can remove everything in ur backup file :p that should give u some space back as well.
 

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thanks. . * . @
 

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Great lost about a gig and a bit, many thanks!!
 

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Thank you for this tip
 

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Cheers for this, just gained 7.3GB.
 

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nice share, deleted 6gb and I just REinstalled W10. Thnx
 

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Great how to, dropped 5 gigs !!! Thank you again !
 

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Great how to, dropped 5 gigs !!! Thank you again !
lol just read the total thread then you will know :)
 

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Very good tutorial. More info on Google/MS$. I remember few years ago when i heard about this and simply... oh yes, delete the entire content of the folder from a PE. OMG! Of course i had to reinstall windows.
 

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Why not just delete the entire folder?
 

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Why not just delete the entire folder?
It is not that simple.
The answer is in the message directly before yours.
 

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It is not that simple.
The answer is in the message directly before yours.
Oh, I see. Sorry for being blind. Thank you. Also, I think the Disk Cleanup Utility does the same commands as it takes really long to cleanup "Windows Updates Cleanup". Could I be wrong maybe ?
 

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thanks . this help me so much
 

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mine is 122mb by default ^w^ !
what are you saying. what windows do you installed please tell me
 

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Thanks alot @Neville's Haze for the great tip!
My WinSxS size was 10.5GB but the size on disk was only 7.24gb, probably due to NTFS compression. After cleaning, the size was 7.18GB and size on disk 5.11GB. Seems to work like a charm.

If, like me, you want to know more about this function before using it then there's more info on docs.microsoft.com. I found all I wanted to know in the "Clean Up the WinSxS Folder " and "Determine the Actual Size of the WinSxS Folder" articles.
Thank you @Charlie_Grimes for providing the link for the documentations too, really good to read up first to have a clear picture before cleaning the folder to avoid unnecessary trouble.
 

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It is known that cleaning WinSXS breaks windows update. Be careful!!!!
 

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This is thanks to Maher78 (i hope i rememberb the nickname corectly)
I clean SxS folder since windows 7, sometimes a lot of GB.
I use this on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and now on 11
Open :
Explorer > C > Windows > WinSxS. Open/Expand > Select all (Ctrl+A) > Shift + Delete.
When is done shows files can't erase. Select all > Skip/Cancel.
Is safe.
This not take long unless your pc is old..
 
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My WinSxS is about 16.9 GO ,I will test this command and let you know
 

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Wow ! Is it safe to remove/delete SxS folder.In the previous/above comments,@Mr Grimbahir said that,t is known that cleaning WinSXS breaks windows update. Be careful!!!!
 

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Wow ! Is it safe to remove/delete SxS folder.In the previous/above comments,@Mr Grimbahir said that,t is known that cleaning WinSXS breaks windows update. Be careful!!!!
After removing/deleting the SxS folder, the following rule follows: New installation of the operating system. Follow the recommendations that are written in several of the above posts! Good luck!
 
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