News Undeletable 8.63GB cache emerges in latest Windows 11 24H2 update — checkpoint updates were the culprit, and Microsoft is working on a fix

[Admin]

Users who upgraded to Windows 11 24H2 found that it created a cache that cannot be deleted. Disk Clean-up identified it as an 8.63GB Windows Update cache.

Undeletable 8.63GB cache emerges in latest Windows 11 24H2 update — checkpoint updates were the culprit, and Microsoft is working on a fix : Read more

 

[acadia11]

Ok I thought I was crazy and the only one experiencing it.

 

[JamesJones44]

We should start tracking which updates do and don't cause widespread issues. Seems like it would be more causing issue than not these days.

 

[dwd999]

Please define "cannot be deleted using any conventional method". Does that mean that if you boot a usb Linux Live distro you cannot delete it? And what happens if you do delete it that way? If nothing happens I have no problem deleting it, along with the Recycle Bin and System Volume Information folders before I perform my weekly Macrium backups.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

A dollar says the update to fix this issue with the upgrade will require an update to fix something it breaks.

 

[TheOtherOne]

Someone at Micro$oft is probably getting fire for this oopsie.

It most likely was suppose to be their "hidden" spyware crap NEVER to be found by average Joe and Jane.

 

[yahrightthere]

Windows Security updates only, feature updates at least 2-4 weeks down the road once there are flushed out.

 

[waltc3]

Thanks for writing this up. It's still true for 26100.2152, the latest Insider's 24H2 build. I hadn't looked at disk cleanup in far too long, so it was nice and gained me an extra 2GBs of C:\ free space (for 114GBs free total.) It's amusing when I think of all the hundreds of GBs of installed games in my system that I haven't run in months, but I balk at 8.63 GBs in a C:\ cache... I guess it's the fact that I can't take it off that bothers me!

 

[kyzarvs]

Generally, Microsoft is prompt with such peculiar or severe issues.

Say what now?