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I just installed the latest SDK(10.0.10586.0) and was wondering if I can delete the libraries from the older Windows 10 SDKs(10.0.10240.0 and 10.0.10150.0)?
Or is there a safe way or a program to do this?
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Remove main and DDLM packages in SettingsOn the Apps & features page, search for reunion to filter and show installed versions of Windows App SDK packages. Select any versions you want to remove from your computer and click Uninstall.
The windows SDK is necessary if you intend to develop windows applications (with GUI, low-level graphics, windows filesystem specific I/O, tweaking registry settings, developing windows services or device drivers, etc etc).
What Is The Need For SDKs? The SDKs or Windows Software Development Toolkits give the developers a chance to include functionality into the applications. It gives them an opportunity to create the standard features and components of the applications in an easy and fast way.
The Windows SDK (10.0. 22621) for Windows 11, version 22H2 provides the latest headers, libraries, metadata, and tools for building Windows applications. Use this SDK to build Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and Win32 applications for Windows 11, version 22H2 and previous Windows releases.
You can uninstall the older versions via Add/Remove Programs. It maintains a different entry for each version.
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If storage space is a pressing issue for you, you can proceed to delete the older SDKs. Deletion can be done via program files in pre Windows 10 Creators Update builds or from Settings in newer Windows 10 builds. However an ideal software should provide a good backward compatibility at least within a major version of Windows which at this point is Windows 10.
Imagine someone with an early build of Windows 10 being unable to download your app from the store. You lose users/customers just because they have to update their OS all the way which many avoid altogether.
Keeping the older SDKs will allow you choose a minimum Windows 10 build that your app should support and hence allow installation from devices on those builds.
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