Why is this question so hard to answer? These back ups must be linked to our online accounts somewhere. I have trawled the internet but am yet to find an answer on how to delete these. How do we not have control of our data in 2024??
How to Remove Old Windows Backups from Cloud
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Ok, this seems to be a simple question without a straight answer. I have re-imaged my computer due to soooo many issues as of late that I have over 15 reinstalls. How do I remove the backups from the cloud? I want to delete them all. I have no reason or purpose to keep these, especially ones from over 2 years ago.
Is there a way to clean slate this situation?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup
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Anonymous
2024-01-02T18:07:01+00:00 -
Anonymous
2024-03-10T14:20:03+00:00 Then you go to the bottom of the page to Cloud synced settings, then click on Clear stored settings. After a few hours all old settings backups should be gone. This worked for me!
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Anonymous
2023-11-30T18:49:04+00:00 When I reinstalled windows 11, I saw a list of my old PC's computer names, avaliable for backup. In the "setting up windows" before finishing installation. Can windows users delete those files?
Thank You.
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Anonymous
2024-01-16T22:12:00+00:00 I am having the same issue too, it was showing backups from 2020 and 2021 all the way to 2023 and I can't seem to be able to find a way to delete them either.