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Microsoft Edge updates failing with 0x80070070 error? Blame low disk space on your device
Clear up a few GBs in the system drive and you are good to go
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Published onApril 4, 2024
published onApril 4, 2024
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Low disk space can affect the PC’s performance, but more importantly, it triggers errors. This happened on one of our PCs when a Microsoft Edge update failed with0x80070070!
The message read,An error occurred while checking for updates. Failed to cache the downloaded installer.
Upon research, we found that error code0x80070070highlights low disk space in the Windows ecosystem. And that was the case with our PC. The default Edge installation drive (in our case,C:) had just120MB left.
To fix0x80070070in Microsoft Edge, you need to free up some disk space in the drive where the browser files are stored, most likely theC:drive. For that, clear a few files in theDownloadsfolder, run the built-inDisk Cleanuputility, oruninstall bloatware.
If you often face issues due to low disk space, perhapsenable Storage Sense. It will automatically clear non-critical files on the set frequency without any manual intervention.
We, too, cleared some files in theDownloadsfolder and were then able to update Microsoft Edge.
We also came across other reports of0x80070070on Microsoft Edge, though there were only a few. A user posted in theMicrosoft community,
You may also come across the0x80070070Windows update erroror the same code when upgrading Windows, opening OneDrive, or updating other apps and built-in components, and it all arises due tolow disk space!
Do let us know how you fixed the error0x80070070on Microsoft Edge in the comments section.
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Kazim Ali Alvi
Windows Hardware Expert
Kazim has always been fond of technology, be it scrolling through the settings on his iPhone, Android device, or Windows PC. He’s specialized in hardware devices, always ready to remove a screw or two to find out the real cause of a problem.
Long-time Windows user, Kazim is ready to provide a solution for your every software & hardware error on Windows 11, Windows 10 and any previous iteration. He’s also one of our experts in Networking & Security.
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Kazim is specialized in hardware devices, always ready to remove a screw or two to find out the real cause of a problem.
