Rest assured, it is safe to delete that ESD folder, it is not required, many people think it is for the Windows recovery environment, but it is not, you can safely delete that folder.
Can I delete the esd folder
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so there is an near 5 gb folder called the Esd its directory is C:\ESD\Windows and it just basically looks like an windows installation folder and i could really use that 5 gb so can i delete it? and im not using windows insider etc etc
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DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor2024-03-14T10:33:07+00:00 Hi I am Dave, I will help you with this.
That C:\ESD folder is basically a disk image of the Windows installation media
Did you ever clean install Windows or use a Windows ISO to upgrade or repair your Windows installation?
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Anonymous
2024-03-14T13:50:59+00:00 Yea i clean installed windows once since my windows 10 was really not acting like an operating system and it wont update so yeah main question can i delete it? will it mess my pc up?