Downloaded updates windows

It could have a couple of hundreds megabytes of size. But if this folder is much larger, this indicates that some updates are corrupted. Restart Windows 10 and check for updates. See if this fixed your issues. The command net stop wuauserv stops the Windows Update service. The del command erases the contents of the Download folder and its subfolders.

Finally, the last command, net start wuauserv , starts the Windows Update service again. Download the file. Winaero greatly relies on your support. You can help the site keep bringing you interesting and useful content and software by using these options:. If you like this article, please share it using the buttons below.

It won't take a lot from you, but it will help us grow. Thanks for your support! Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer from Russia who started Winaero back in However, I would suggest you to check update history and see if the updates get installed or not. As per my experience, knowledge and finding I know that if any updates get downloaded but installed then it get installed after the next restart of the computer.

Windows Update: Frequently Asked Questions. Hope the information provided is helpful. Do let us know if you have any more concern related to Windows.

We will be more than happy to assist you. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Didn't match my screen. Incorrect instructions. Too technical. Not enough information. Not enough pictures. Any additional feedback? Submit feedback. Jeff said on November 17, at am. It only cleans WinSxS. Gabriel said on November 17, at am. John C. David Millians said on November 17, at pm. TelV said on November 19, at pm.

Restart wuauserv and BITS again afterwards and then reboot the system. Martin Brinkmann said on November 20, at pm. SusanB said on December 1, at am. I just did that and cleaned up over MB! Keith R. Starkey said on November 20, at pm. If so, how the heck can you clean this out without it doing that? Keith, only updates that have not been installed. Installed updates are left untouched. Starkey said on November 21, at pm.

GeneralGeorge said on November 20, at pm. I did this. There was less than 10meg in it. Crystal Olisa said on May 26, at am. David E Marshall said on June 1, at pm.

Wow, thank you so much, used the. Sterling Richardson said on September 10, at pm. Could I do this to clean up my server as well? Rodrigo Marques said on October 26, at am. JIm in Florida said on September 12, at pm. Hello All, I follow the process you shared and it delete the patch but when i click on check for updates under windows update in windows R2 wsus client or any other wsus client all the patch which i deleted came again.