To delete a restore point, simply select it from the list and click on the “Delete” button.Ĭlick on the “Yes” button in the confirmation window and you are done.Īs you can see from the below image, deleting a restore point freed up around 5Gb of space.System Restore Point is a built-in feature that allows you to quickly restore your Windows PC to an earlier date without losing your personal files. Once you are done with that, click on the “Unmount” button to unmount the mounted restore point. You can explore it like any other drive or folder. The above action will mount the restore point and open it in the File Explorer. To mount a restore point, select it from the list and click on the “Mount” button. It’s very useful if you want to recover files or folders. The good thing about this software is that you can mount the restore points and see what’s in them. If you want to see them, uncheck the “Hide restore points created in the last 5 days” checkbox. By default, the software will hide the restore points created in the last five days. As soon as you launch it you will see all restore points. Download and install it like any other software.Īfter installing, launch it by searching for it in the Start menu. Since Windows has no specific option to delete individual restore points, we are going to use a free and lightweight third-party tool called System Restore Explorer. If you’d rather pick and choose which restore points to delete, you can do that too. As soon as you do, Windows will delete all the old restore points while keeping the recent ones.ĭelete Old System Restore Points Individually In the confirmation window, click on the “Delete” button.
Navigate to the new tab and click on the “Clean up” button under “System Restore and Shadow Copies” section.
You will see a new “More Options” tab in the window. Select the C drive and click on the “OK” button. This action will re-open the cleanup wizard. Since the restore points are system files, you cannot see them unless you choose to clean up the system files. Select “Primary (C:)” from the drop-down menu and click on the “OK” button.Ĭlick on the “Clean up system files” button. The above action will open the Disk Cleanup utility.
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