Why is "Windows Update Cleanup" missing from my Disk Cleanup?

Solution 1:

Run disk cleanup as admin to get the option shown. When you run it as normal user it only shows data for your local account but no system settings.

Solution 2:

As neither of the proposed answers worked for me directly, I put here the steps I have to do in order to get "Windows update cleanup" option:

1) Make sure that KB2852386 is installed. You can check in Programs and features -> Installed updates. If it is missing, you can install x64 version from here. It requires a restart and some patience before it is fully configured (at startup).

2) You can either run Disk Cleanup as Administrator OR run it normally + press Clean up system files and the option will show.

Solution 3:

For some reasons I wasn't able to see "Windows Update Cleanup" either with a Local Admin and Domain Admin.

I ended up loading DiskCleanup with this preset:

%SystemRoot%\System32\cmd.exe /c Cleanmgr /sageset:65535 & Cleanmgr /sagerun:65535

Solution 4:

There is another workaround

From an elevated command prompt, type the following:

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

Then

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

A full explanation can be found at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/clean-up-the-winsxs-folder