Or you may get an alert that says the file is already in use.

The most annoying thing is that the mountUUP folder sometimes takes up 8-15GB of storage space on your drive.

Removing it helps youfree up precious spaceon your unit.

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Lets see how you’re able to delete the stubborn mountUUP folder without further ado.

Alternatively, you canclean boot your machine.

Then, force-delete the mountUUP folder using Command Prompt.

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Additionally, boot into Safe Mode or clean boot your machine.

troubleshoot advanced options command prompt

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