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What happens if you delete windows.old

Tanner L. Valley 20 Reputation points
2023-08-16T17:49:41.0866667+00:00

What happens if you delete windows.old on windows 10 like dose it make your computer not work anymore or something else

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-08-16T18:42:26.7833333+00:00

    What happens if you delete windows.old on windows

    Assuming;

    echo %windir%

    returns with "windows" and NOT "windows.old" then nothing will happen, but by all means backup if there's any concern.

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  1. Tanner L. Valley 20 Reputation points
    2023-08-16T17:52:28.2933333+00:00

    It is fine to delete the windows folder in the windows.old folder

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  2. Tanner L. Valley 20 Reputation points
    2023-08-16T17:53:33.6233333+00:00

    its okay to delete the windows folder in the windows.old folder

  3. Anonymous
    2023-08-16T17:55:38.5833333+00:00

    You can follow along here.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-your-previous-version-of-windows-f8b26680-e083-c710-b757-7567d69dbb74

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