{"id":847,"date":"2009-01-26T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T10:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=847"},"modified":"2021-06-04T23:40:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:10:13","slug":"how-to-delete-system-restore-points-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/how-to-delete-system-restore-points-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete All System Restore Points in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you running out of hard disk space even after clearing out the temporary folder and other junk files? You may consider lowering the disk space allotted<\/a> to System Restore or delete the System Restore snapshots which include previous versions of files. Upgrading the hard disk is the ultimate solution though.<\/p>\n

Delete All System Restore Points in Windows<\/h2>\n

1) Using GUI<\/h3>\n

Cleaning up the System Protection<\/a> points may sometimes be necessary during malware removal or when the hard disk is low on space.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Press Win<\/kbd>\u00a0+ R<\/kbd> to bring up the Run dialog.<\/li>\n
  2. Type sysdm.cpl<\/strong><\/code> and click OK.<\/li>\n
  3. Select the System Protection tab.<\/li>\n
  4. In the System Protection options, select a drive letter and click Configure.
    \n\"what<\/li>\n
  5. Click Delete<\/b>, and click Continue when prompted.
    \n\"what<\/li>\n
  6. Click OK, OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    Deleting all but the most recent Restore point using Disk Cleanup<\/h3>\n

    To delete all the restore points except the most recent one, use Disk Cleanup:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Start Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe<\/code>)<\/li>\n
    2. Select the drive letter from the list and click OK.<\/li>\n
    3. Click Clean up system files. <\/b>This restarts Disk Cleanup to run in elevated mode.<\/li>\n
    4. Select the drive letter from the list and click OK<\/li>\n
    5. Click the More Options<\/b> tab.
      \n\"what<\/li>\n
    6. Click the Clean up<\/b>\u00a0button under System Restore and Shadow Copies.<\/li>\n
    7. Click OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      This deletes all restore points except the most recent one, and thus potentially reducing the size of the System Volume Information<\/a> folder.<\/p>\n

      \n

      Using Vssadmin<\/h3>\n

      Windows allows you to delete all restore points\u00a0programmatically or using the Vssadmin.exe<\/code> console tool from admin Command Prompt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

      To delete all<\/strong> the restore points on all the volumes, run this command-line:<\/p>\n

      Vssadmin Delete Shadows \/all<\/pre>\n
      \"vssadmin<\/p>\n
      To delete only the oldest<\/strong> restore point on the C:\\<\/code> drive, run:<\/p>\n
      Vssadmin Delete Shadows \/For=C: \/Oldest<\/pre>\n
      If no shadow copies exist, you’ll see the message “No items found that satisfy the query.<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n
      Here are the arguments that can be used with “Vssadmin.exe delete shadow<\/code>” command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      \/for=<ForVolumeSpec><\/td>\nSpecifies the volume for which the shadow copy is to be deleted.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \/oldest<\/td>\nDeletes only the oldest shadow copy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \/all<\/td>\nDeletes all of the shadow copies for the specified volume.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \/shadow=<ShadowID><\/td>\nDeletes the shadow copy specified by ShadowID<\/em>. To get the shadow copy ID, use the vssadmin list shadows<\/strong> command. When you type a shadow copy ID, use the following format, where each X<\/em> represents a hexadecimal character:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \/quiet<\/td>\nSpecifies that the command will not display messages while it is running.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
      You can also delete individual restore points using Vssadmin.<\/p>\n
      \"delete<\/p>\n
      For detailed information, check out the post Delete Individual System Restore Points in Windows<\/a>\u00a0which discusses a couple of methods to delete restore points selectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      Are you running out of hard disk space even after clearing out the temporary folder and other junk files? You may consider lowering the disk space allotted to System Restore or delete the System Restore snapshots which include previous versions of files. Upgrading the hard disk is the ultimate solution though. Delete All System Restore … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[562],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-system-restore"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":819,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/change-disk-space-allotted-system-restore-windows\/","url_meta":{"origin":847,"position":0},"title":"How to Lower the Disk Space Allotted to System Restore in Windows","author":"Ramesh","date":"January 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"System Restore uses a considerable amount of disk space on the computer. 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