Remove Windows 10 upgrade icon on Windows 7/8.1

In this article, I will show how to uninstall Windows update KB3035583 and delete temporary Windows 10 installation files (if exists) using Disk Cleanup.

Get Windows 10 icon

Note: You can upgrade this PC to Windows 10 later when you reinstall this Windows update.

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1. Remove Windows 10 upgrade icon
2. Check and delete Windows 10 temporary installation files

Step-by-step

Remove Windows 10 upgrade icon

1. Open Windows Update and click Installed Updates.
   1. For Windows 8.1
      1. Right-click Windows icon at bottom left and select Control Panel.
      2. Select System and Security.
      3. Select Windows Update.
      4. Click Installed Updates on the left menu.
   2. For Windows 7
      1. Left-click Windows icon at bottom left and select Control Panel.
      2. Select System and Security.
      3. Select Windows Update.
      4. Click Installed Updates on the left menu.

   

2. Select Windows update KB3035583 and click Uninstall.
   
3. Click Restart Now.
   
4. After restarted, you need to tell Windows not to reinstall the Windows update. Open Windows Update and click Check for updates
   
5. Select optional updates are available.
   Note: KB3035583 is an optional update.
   
6. Right-click KB3035583 and select Hide update. The update will be greyout and hidden and it won’t be installed by auto update.
   
7. If you want to reinstall the update to upgrade your system to Windows 10 later, click Restore hidden updates.
   
8. Select the update and click Restore. Then, you can choose to install it as same as other Windows updates.
   

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Check and delete Windows 10 temporary installation files

1. Next, check if your system has downloaded Windows 10 installation files. Open your system drive, usually, it is C drive. If you see Windows.BT folder, Windows 10 installation files has already/being downloaded to your disk. You can delete it using Disk Cleanup.
   Note: Windows.BT is a hidden folder. You have to change settings in Folder Options to display hidden folders.
   
2. Open Disk Cleanup by type cleanmgr in run window.
   
3. Select OS drive and click Clean up system files.
   
4. Check the option Temporary Windows installation files and click OK.
   Note: If you have just updated Windows and don’t have much time, you should uncheck the option Windows Update Cleanup as it could takes up to few hours to cleanup this option.
   

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