How do i remove failed update history

Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Split from this thread. I want to delete what I believe to be a faulty download of updates for Windows 8. I can see a history of updates pending restart. How can I get rid of the files pertaining to this update? Incredibly frustrating. Please help. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Michael Gall Microsoft Agent. Hi Steve, Cleaning up history helps to remove non-useful logs from a system.

The system will open the DataStore folder. Highlight all files you wish to clear inside the DataStore folder, and select Delete to remove. Close the folder and restart your system to clean up history. We appreciate it if you could get back to us and provide us your feedback. Type control panel in the search section of your taskbar and click on the search result to launch the control panel window. The newly opened Control Panel window is shown in the following image:.

Click on the Administrative Tools folder as highlighted in the image shown above. In the Administrative Tools window, click on the Services folder as highlighted in the image shown below:. In the Services window, click on the Update Orchestrator Service in order to select it and then click on the Stop the Service link as highlighted in the following image in order to stop the updates for a while until you delete the failed updates.

Now type file explorer in the search section of your taskbar and click on the search result to launch the file explorer window. The newly opened File Explorer window is shown in the image below:. Now click on the Windows folder from the C drive as highlighted in the following image:. Under the Windows folder, locate the Software Distribution sub-folder. This folder contains the log of all the failed updates in Windows Right-click on this folder in order to launch a cascading menu as shown in the image below:.

Click on the Delete option from this menu as highlighted in the image above. This starts the process to delete all the failed updates in Windows Once you are done with all these steps, go back to the services window and click on the Update Orchestrator Service in order to select it as highlighted in the following image:.

Finally, click on the Start the Service link. It is highlighted in the screenshot. This restarts the service.