Today, We are going to share how to delete Windows.old folder on Windows7 and Windows8. If you had spent some time to delete the Windows.old folder, you got the right place to solve the problem. Here are two methods (Disk Cleanup and Command Prompt) to remove Windows.old folder. It’s won’t be difficult at all! Please follow the instruction below.
Method 01. Disk Cleanup
Step 01. Go to Windows Start Menu
Step 02. In the search box, Type disk cleanup > Disk cleanup icon will be shown on the list > Click on it
Step 03. It will ask you to choose driver to perform the disk cleanup > Select Drive (C:) that has Windows 7 installed
Step 04. Click on Clean up System Files button
Step 05. Check the box to Previous Windows Installation > Click Ok
Method 02. Command Prompt
Step 01. Go to Windows Start Menu > Type cmd in the search field > Open cmd
Step 02. Type takeown /F C:\Windows.old\* /R /A in the command prompt windows and hit Enter
Step 03. Type cacls C:\Windows.old\*.* /T /grant administrators:F and hit Enter > It will ask you Yes or No > Type Y and hit Enter
Step 04. Type rmdir /S /Q C:\Windows.old\ and hit Enter and your done!
Hope this works for everyone who’s trying to delete Windows.old folder. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderful day 🙂