Windows 10: my windows storage sense is telling me to delete a lot of files and updates

hello, i don't know if i should delete everything from my storage sense and its telling me to delete an update i don't know if i should do this and it is tempting to delete the update and other system files. also, the update fle is around 15 GB and i don't know if i should delete the update and files also, will it cause problems if i delete the update?hope you can help me:Mateo corona.

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Is there any way to see what files Storage Sense has deleted?

Hi Dantrs. I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

Were they in the Downloads folder? That's the only place where might keep files that Storage sense would delete them, and then only if you set it that way in Storage Sense settings: How to Prevent Storage Sense From Deleting Your Downloaded Files on Windows 10


Did you check in the Recycle Bin?

Next do a key word search in the Search box on taskbar, if it gets a hit then right click result to Show File Location to find the file(s).

Do you have any backups, like OneDrive Folder protection of Desktop, Documents or Pictures, Google Drive, other sync or backups, system image backups?

Based on the answers you post back I may have other suggestions.

 

What did Windows Storage Sense delete?

Hi, Garth

You can not find what was deleted. The only precautious way is having this disabled.

Windows 10 should have Storage sense disabled by default, but you can check and turn off the feature as necessary using these steps:

1.Open Settings.

2.Click on System.

3.Click on Storage.

4.Turn off the Storage sense toggle switch.

Once you've completed the steps, the feature will stop running automatically on your device.

In the event that your device starts running out of space to perform an upgrade or store files, you can re-enable the feature and use these tips to free up space.

Good luck !

 

Storage Sense does not delete files in my Downloads folder

I turned Storage Sense on a few weeks ago and set it to run every day. I also have Storage Sense set to delete files in my Downloads folder if they haven't been opened for more than 30 days.

However, nothing seems to be getting deleted from my Downloads folder, even though I have a lot of files in there which have not been opened for more than 30 days.

I know Storage Sense is deleting files in my recycle bin which have been there for over 30 days, so why isn't it also deleting Downloads which haven't been opened for more than 30 days?