How to Delete $WINDOWS.~BT and $Windows.~WS Folders from Windows 10 Safely

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You may have found yourself on your Windows PC with $WINDOWS.~BT and folders $Windows.~WS This happens when you have enabled the option to show hidden system files. Two folders present in Windows, of great importance and now we are going to explain how to eliminate them without taking risks"

These are two folders with a name that is very difficult to pronounce and even more difficult to write. These two folders are created automatically by Windows 10 when you install a new update, but they can be deleted by following these steps.

What are these folders and how to delete them

But the first thing is to explain what the $WINDOWS.~BT and $Windows.~WS folders are for. These are, as we said before, two folders that Windows 10 automatically creates before starting an important update like the one that usually arrives in spring and autumn .

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These folders are only visible if you have the option Show hidden files active in the system>the purpose of both is to try to prevent a problem from arising during an update by way of backup files. And each one has a specific function:"

• $WINDOWS.~BT is the folder that saves the data of the current version of Windows 10 before upgrading so that before In any event, Windows can revert to the previous version and avoid the problems that the new update may cause.

• $Windows.~WS This folder stores the installation files for the next version and from it Windows extracts the files to install the next version. upgrade.

After your computer is upgraded, these folders are no longer needed and deleting them can create significant disk space, especially on computers that are fairer But that does not mean that they can be eliminated like crazy and a series of steps must be followed to avoid problems.

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To delete these folders you first need Windows to have the option Show hidden files active, which is available in the View tab in the File Explorer But no, it&39;s not about trashing them ."

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We are going to use a Windows option. We go to the File Explorer in the hard disk space and right-click anywhere free, selecting Propertiesin the popup window."

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The Properties window of C: will open and look for the General tab in which we will have to find the button Free up space."

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When clicking on Free up space a new window will open to free up space on the hard disk and the option that interests us is the that has the title Clean system files, a special function that allows you to delete internal folders of the operating system and is the case of $WINDOWS.~BT and $Windows.~WS"

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When clicking on Clean system files, a screen will open to delete system files and in it we must check the boxes for Cleaning Windows updates>Previous Windows installationsAll that remains is to click on accept and the $WINDOWS.~BT> folders."