Keeping your computer/laptop windows up to date is a very good habit that makes your system secure from hackers, fixed patches, or bugs and also adds more updated features. Well, windows 10 tell nothing about the size of the update it only shows the percentage of update that is done.
Microsoft releases their Windows 10 updates almost every week, each update is of a few megabytes to gigabytes. If you have limited data, then it becomes more important to find out the size of the windows 10 update before downloading and installing it.
In Windows 10 settings you can’t able to figure out the update size but using the below method you can easily find out windows 10 update size.
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Check Windows 10 update size using Third-party tool
Minitool to find Windows Update Size
Windows update Minitool comes with support on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The best thing about this tool is that it tells you about the size of previous as well as available updates of your Windows 10. It tells you the size and even you can install updates on your PC.
To find out your system support which versions:
Step 1: Click on Start>Settings>System>about.
Step 2: Under Device specification>system type you can see your system is running on 32-bit or 64-bit.
To check the windows version, scroll below under Windows specification, check which version or edition your device is running.
Step 3: Now come back to our Minitool.
Minitool Features:
- Check for updates not download them
- Download the update not install them
- Download and install the updates
- Hide the updates
- Uninstall particular updates
- View the update history
Step 1: Download Windows Update Minitool
Step 2: Extract the downloaded .zip file, there you can see 2 files, x64 and x86.
Step 3: According to your Pc or laptop, open one of them.
Step 4: After opening the tool, click on the “check for updates” icon present on the left sidebar.
Step 5: Minitool starts looking for new updates.
Step 6: Now all updates start listed on the right panel with few information as well as Windows update size.
Step 7: Now select anyone then windows will expand and all related information will be shown to you, in the “size” column, you’ll be able to see the size of each listed update.
Now do whatever you want to do from updating to hiding your update.
Sometimes after updating windows it starts creating a problem at that moment this guide help you. [Easy Guide] How to Uninstall Windows 10 updates-2023.
Conclusion
This is how you can check update size in windows 10 before downloading them. You can also disable these updates on your computer. If you have any other way to do it let us know in the comment section.
FAQs
Do Windows 10 updates use a lot of data?
Generally, updates come with a few gigabytes(GB) of data, every time it comes with a different size depending on security patches and bugs that Microsoft fixes on each update.
How to turn off automatic updates in Windows 10?
You can’t turn off automatic updates but you can delay them. Go to settings>Update&Security their select pause update for 7 days. If you want to pause for specific days then go to advanced options and their select date. That’s it.
What is the general download size of windows updates?
The update size of windows is less than 500MB but if you are using an older version then it goes around 3-4 GB.
What is the size of the windows 10 20H2 update?
Windows 10 20H2 update ISO file size goes around 5GB and updating is going to worth it is stable and loaded with more features and security patches.
How long will a Windows 10 update take?
It takes between 10 to 20 minutes only if you have good internet connectivity.
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