Windows – How to turn off Windows Previous Versions on Windows 7 Pro

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I have found that Windows Previous Versions are turned on mysteriously, after doing nothing for about two years. I have been told these can be turned off, as they are taking space up on my HDD, but cannot find anyway of doing this. Windows Help doesn't give you the option of turning it on or off.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

Get to this step:

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(source: sevenforums.com)

Then Click This:

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(source: sevenforums.com)

  1. To Turn On System Protection for Only Previous Versions of Files
  • Dot Only restore previous versions of files. (see screenshot below step 2)
  • This turns on only Previous Versions for the selected drive in step 5.
  • Move the Max Usage slider to set the maximum disk space usage you want to be used by system protection on the selected drive letter
  • Go to step 2.
  1. Then Get to this Step

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This is indeed an all or nothing type of feature. You can enable system restore points and enable this feature or disable system restore points and have file history enabled.

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