FIX: Disk Space Problems in Recent Windows 10/11 Builds

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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By default,Windows 10Technical Preview builds take 16GB ofdiskspace. But what if your new build requires much more space than the previous build? In that case, you’re facing abug, and this issue needs to be solved.Over-sized installation of recent builds could causevarious problems. For example, you won’t be able to install it due toinsufficientdiskspace. Or it will take much more time to install than it should, some users report that it took them up to hours to install the new build.

The cause ofdiskspace and installation time problems is abugin recent builds ofWindows 10Technical Preview. In some cases, thisbugis causing setup to download all available language packs during the installation of new builds ofWindows 10Technical Preview. Besidesdiskspace and installation time problems, thisbugcould also make a few unexpected and unwanted folders appear on your desktop or in File Explorer.

How to fix low disk space issues in Windows 10 Insider builds

Additional language packs take 2.5GB ofdiskspace. So in order to solve this issue, free up 2.5GB of space, install the latest build and uninstall unnecessary language packs. To uninstall unnecessaryWindows 10Technical Preview language packs from your computer, do the following:

You probably noticed thatWindows 10Technical Preview is full of bugs and errors, and thisdiskspace error is just one of many. But this is just a technical preview of the system, so we should expect the final version to be much more stable andbug-less.

Alternative methods when running low on disk space

The latest Windows 10 versions are more stable and you shouldn’t face so many bugs as in the previous releases. But, in case you need some free space, you can try the following steps.

Delete junk files usingStorageSense

You can delete junk files by opening the Settings tab > System >Storage> click on “Change how we free up space automatically”.

Removetemporary filesusing Disk Cleanup

In order to remove thetemporary files, open the Setting tab > System >Storage> “Free up space now” link.

Uninstall apps and games you don’t need

Just click on Setting tab > Apps > App s& Features. From there you can select and uninstall what you need.

Disable Hibernation on Windows 10

If you want to disable Hibernation, click on Start > open Command Promp (Run as Administrator). You need to type in “powercfg /hibernate off“. That’s all.

Copy files, apps, games to an external hard drive.

We hope these quick solutions helped you fix your disk space issues.

FIX: Disk Space Problems in Recent Windows 10/11 Builds#

How to fix low disk space issues in Windows 10 Insider builds#

Alternative methods when running low on disk space#

FIX: Disk Space Problems in Recent Windows 10/11 Builds

How to fix low disk space issues in Windows 10 Insider builds

Alternative methods when running low on disk space