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How to Delete \"Windows.old\" in windows 8

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1. Press the Windows+R keys to open the Run dialog, type cleanmgr, and press Enter.

2. Select the Windows drive, and click/tap on OK. NOTE: You will not see this window unless you have more than one drive or partition on your computer with a drive letter.

3. Click/tap on the Clean up system files button

4. Click/tap on the Previous Windows installation(s) box to check it, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

5. Click/tap on Delete Files.

6. When Disk Cleanup finishes, the C:Windows.old folder will be deleted.