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Windows Updates downloaded repository

Hello,

I want to cleanup diskspace used by the outdated downloaded Windows updates on a file server.  

Does anyone know it locations in the C drive?
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Does anyone know it locations in the C drive?

in the registry, you can find it in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Update Services\Server\Setup and look on the right for ContentDir value

However, do NOT manually cleanup the content folder by deleting things manually.
Go to options -> server cleanup wizard in the wsus console else you could have database issues if you try to delete files manually
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disk cleanup wizard

and

https://www.homedev.com.au/free/patchcleaner

the issue with deleting patch caches is that if that application is modified/patched again, that the required chain will be broken.
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