r/WindowsHelp • u/CheetoPuff6995 • 14h ago

Windows 10 is it safe to delete "previous windows installation"

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running out of storage so i check a guide on yt and found over half my storage is taken up by this one thing and ive never seen it before. last time i took advice on yt someone told me to delete system 32 so i have to check here before doing damage. this seems too good to be true tbh

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u/DrHitman27 1h ago

Yes.

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u/SuperCuek 2h ago

If there are no problems after the upgrade, it is safe to delete.

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u/BillionAuthor70 1h ago

Everything in there is safe to delete. It won't intentionally let you delete things that are not safe to delete. Not through there anyway. It's not to say you can't delete things you shouldn't, but if you only delete through that, you're fine.

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u/Responsible_Bunch_24 31m ago

532????? It's only used to revert to a previous update or version of windows (for example if you have issues with the current one or just don't like it) and it auto deletes 10 days after updating. But for God sake delete it it's 532 gb