all the pending updates are installed in a certain folder.
Read this: ways to shutdown windows 10 without installing updates! steps to delete pending updates on windows 10. on the confirmation pop up, click on the delete button again. now, right click and click on the ‘ delete ‘ button. or else, click on the ‘select all’ button as shown below. now click on the ctrl a button to select all. this will allow windows update to delete pending tasks and.
navigate to c:\windows\winsxs\ folder, search for a pending.xml file and rename it. finally, right click anywhere on the selected files and select ‘delete’.
now select everything in that folder (press ctrl a simultaneously or click on the ‘select all’ option in the home tab). To delete pending updates in windows 10, navigate to c:\windows\softwaredistribution\download. locate to: c:\windows\winsxs\ delete or rename the pending.xml file inside the folder. so it is recommended to remove or rename the file. there is another file inside the windows folder storing all information about pending updates.