How to Delete the Previous Windows 10 Version in May 2020 Update

Windows 10 May 2020 Update, or version 2004, is finally here, and while it’s currently available only for those manually checking for updates on devices running version 1903 and 1909, many seek to alternative methods to install it on their devices.

Those using the standard method that’s recommended by Microsoft, and which comes down to checking for updates in Windows Update and then downloading the May 2020 Update if it’s available, should then end up having several gigabytes of data that are used by the previous Windows installation.

And this is exactly how things are supposed to be because of one good reason: all these files allow you to go back to the previous Windows version if something goes wrong after the update.

In other words, if there’s anything that’s broken in the May 2020 Update, you can just downgrade to whatever version you were running before the update. And to do this, the files stored in the previous Windows installation backup are used.

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