How To Delete The $GetCurrent and $SysReset Folders on Windows 10 [Tutorial]

How To Delete The $GetCurrent and $SysReset Folders on Windows 10 [Tutorial]

Windows 10 automatically creates the $GetCurrent and $SysReset folders during the the upgrade process. The $SysReset folder contains log files for a failed Refresh or Reset operation. The log file can be used to find the cause of a problem with refreshing or resetting the OS.

If you check the c: drive on a Windows 10 PC you may notice the hidden folders $GetCurrent, $SysReset, $Windows.~WS and $Hyper-V.tmp sitting there.

Depending on the state of the system, you may also see Windows.~BT listed there. If you don't see these folders, chance is you have not enabled the display of hidden operating system folders on the computer system.

To do that, open File Explorer, and select File, then Options from the menu at the top. Switch to the View tab when the Folder Options open, and enable the "show hidden files, folders, and drives" option there.

When you return to the root of drive c:, you may see those folders now. The questions that may come up now are about the purpose of these folders, and whether you can safely delete them to free up disk space or improve usability.

The $GetCurrent folder is a hidden folder that is created in the root directory of the C drive during the upgrade process.

The $GetCurrent folder contains log files about the last Windows 10 upgrade process, and may also contain the installation files for that update. The $GetCurrent folder can take up around 3.38 GB or so of space if it does contain leftover Windows Update installation files. Otherwise, it would only be around a small 192 KB in size.

If you don’t need to review the log files and have successfully finished installing the latest Windows Update, you can safely delete the $GetCurrent folder.

This tutorial will show you how to safely delete the $GetCurrent folder in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to delete the $GetCurrent folder.

Windows 10 automatically creates the $GetCurrent and $SysReset folders in your C:\ drive in certain situations. These folders can use gigabytes of space, but what do they do, and can you delete them?

These are hidden files, so you’ll have to show hidden files in File Explorer to see them.

The $GetCurrent directory is created during the upgrade process. It contains log files about that last Windows upgrade process and may also contain the installation files for that update. On our system, the $GetCurrent folder took up 3.38 gigabytes after upgrading to the Creators Update. This is because the folder contains leftover Windows Update installation files.

Assuming you don’t need to review the log files stored here and you’ve finished installing the latest Windows Update, this folder is safe to remove. In theory, Windows should automatically delete these files itself after 30 days at most. In practice, we noticed that this folder was still lying around more than a month after upgrading to the Creators Update, so we had to delete it ourselves.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).