If you don’t see this feature in the Disk Cleanup window, you’re likely using Windows 7 and behind on your updates - install the latest updates from Windows Update. The next time you reboot after doing this, Windows will take a few minutes to clean up system files before you can log in and use your desktop. This works on Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8, and Windows 7. Note: There are minor user interface differences between Disk Cleanup on different versions of Windows, but for the most part, the changes are cosmetic. Click the “Clean up System Files” button, enable the “Windows Update Cleanup” option and click “OK.” If you’ve been using your Windows system for a few years, you’ll likely be able to free several gigabytes of space. To clean up such update files, open the Disk Cleanup wizard (tap the Windows key, type “disk cleanup” into the Start menu, and press Enter). The company did this without much fanfare - it was rolled out in a typical minor operating system update, the kind that don’t generally add new features. To fix this problem, Microsoft backported a feature from Windows 8 to Windows 7. This means that, for years, Windows update uninstallation files were building up on Windows 7 systems and couldn’t be easily removed. Microsoft has no intention of launching another. However, Windows 7 only saw one service pack - Service Pack 1 - released in 2010. The idea was that the system could be cleaned up regularly along with service packs. In its initial release, Windows 7 dealt with this by including a feature that allows Windows to clean up old Windows update files after you install a new Windows service pack.
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