Today we will see how to delete and disable reserved storage for Windows 10 system. This feature serves more than anything to ensure that the OS has more than enough space to correctly receive the different updates that are released by Microsoft.
The problem is that due to lack of storage space you can experience a blockage of them. For this reason, Microsoft made the decision to reserve this storage space in your operating system so that you can enjoy all the updates without any kind of inconvenience.
However, the problem comes when we realize that the reserved space also serves to store temporary files, cache, applications, etc. Everything related to the operating system.
The best thing to do is not to disable it completely, although it is not to affect the performance of the OS at all, you can only have problems with updates if you are not careful with storage. But if you don’t want to completely disable it, it can also be optimized.
Today we will see how to disable or delete the space reserved for Windows 10 updates in a simple way and also how to optimize said space to save a few GB.
How to verify that Windows 10 has reserved space
- The first thing we are going to do is check that Windows 10 has a reserved space. For this, you will have to press ” Windows + i ” and then click on System> Storage.
- Here we will be able to see all the storage spaces available on the hard drives that the computer has. Wait a few seconds and you will be able to see all the files that are in that disk separated by categories.
- Now you will have to click on ” Show more categories ” to see ” System and reserved ” at the beginning. If this category appears it means that the installation was done by default. However, if this category does not appear, it means that the function is not active in your operating system.
It is also important to check and know the storage capacity of your PC’s hard drive.