[Solved] How can I delete the Windows.old directory? [closed]

Question

It’s pretty simple to remove:

Click in Windows’ search field, type Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.
Click the “Clean up system files” button.
Wait a bit while Windows scans for files, then scroll down the list until you see “Previous Windows installation(s).”
Select Previous Windows installation and anything else you want to remove and select OK.

If you’ve made all these attempts to remove it already though, you may have broken Windows ability to remove the folder.

Accepted Answer

It’s pretty simple to remove:

Click in Windows’ search field, type Cleanup, then click Disk Cleanup.
Click the “Clean up system files” button.
Wait a bit while Windows scans for files, then scroll down the list until you see “Previous Windows installation(s).”
Select Previous Windows installation and anything else you want to remove and select OK.

If you’ve made all these attempts to remove it already though, you may have broken Windows ability to remove the folder.