Windows 10 IoT – Removing Windows Update history

Hi everyone

In my latest blog post I talked on how to patch a IoT terminal when the SSD is small.

A tip not talked inside the blog post is how to remove unnecessary files after the update.

I dont recommend that tip if you have plenty of disk space, as it will break for you some ability, like to remove Windows KB.

The command to use is;

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

I will quote the same warning than on the Windows website;

Warning

All existing service packs and updates cannot be uninstalled after this command is completed. This will not block the uninstallation of future service packs or updates.

By running the command I save a 1 or 2 gigs. It’s not a lot, but on low disk space disk it mean a lot.

Thanks for reading, today was a small tip 🙂

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