Clearing the Windows 10 Update History

Note that clearing the update history does not uninstall any updates.

1. Open Windows Settings.
2. Click ‘Update & Security’.
3. Click ‘View installed update history’.
4. Open an elevated command prompt.
5. Type ‘net stop wuauserv’ to stop the Windows Update Service.
6. Type ‘net stop bits’ to stop the Background Intelligent Transfer Service.
7. Type ‘del "%systemroot%\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\edb.log"’ to delete the update history.
8. If you wish, you can delete everything in the ‘SoftwareDistribution’ folder.
9. Type ‘net start wuauserv’ to start the Windows Update Service.
10. Type ‘net start bits’ to start the Background Intelligent Transfer Service.
11. Close the elevated command prompt.