[SOLVED] WSUS - Deleting updates without declining them

[m4a1drumro11]

I have a WSUS running on Windows Server 2016. When I was setting up the WSUS I didn't select what Products and Classifications that I wanted and it downloaded them all(Over 28,000 updates). I currently have almost 4TB of updates stored on my server. I know I can decline updates and then use the Server Cleanup Wizard but then I would have to manually add those updates in the future by downloading them off the Microsoft catalog site. I was wondering if there was a way to delete all the updates and start another Synchronization to redownload only the updates that I have selected in Products and Classification?

 

[Ralston18]

If you are a system admin person then Powershell may prove helpful.

For example:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/po...ices/get-wsusupdate?view=windowsserver2019-ps

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/po...e-wsusservercleanup?view=windowsserver2019-ps

Try googling "powershell get wsus updates" as a starter search.

Example result:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/po...ices/get-wsusupdate?view=windowsserver2019-ps

Most likely you will need to do some additional Googling with search criteria tailored to your situation and environment.

Revise search criteria as necessary.