Wsus not delete declined updates

So, the question here is what exactly are you trying to delete and why? Even though we try and run the cleanup wizard every month and rebuild the indexes regularly, we still get the old 'reset server node' regularly when trying to do stuff. Whats the point of having all those stupid AMD things in the database at all? You try and do anything in the console like view updates or run the cleanup wizard and they time out most of the time.

You are left with a button that says Reset Server Node. This is a known behavior and is caused by a timeout in the cleanup wizard. You can either initiate the cleanup from code or keep running the cleanup wizard until it does actually succeed. Declining updates does not delete them. We want them gone to improve the WSUS performance. This is where I want them deleted. Heres a script that will delete declined updates: [reflection.

After that, download status will clear and updates needing files will become 0. Decline all the unwanted old updates downloaded recently. You could do this by sorting updates by Arrival Date then select and decline all the old updates which arrived recently. Use below Powershell script to delete all declined updates.

You could narrow down your selection by modifying the scrip e. Start synchronization. Wait until syncing finish. At this level synchronization will take long, a few gigs will download and all the old updates list will return back good luck to you if it wouldn't but their files won't download because of our action at level 4.

Repeat level 6. I recommend to run this script in "Powershell ISE" for numbers of updates e. Return Automatic approval and download setting changed at level 4 to the previous status if you like to.

In my installation the script given in step 6 by user harsini to remove declined updates always ran into timeouts because it's first getting ALL updates from the WSUS server and only afterwards narrowing them down to the declined ones on the PS side. Sign up to join this community.

The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Adam AJ Tek Mace. Best Answer. Pure Capsaicin. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Thanks, The script does cleanup the decline updates so it works well. See also this Powershell. Archived Forums. Sign in to vote. Thursday, March 17, PM.

Go to the All Updates view. Filter on Any Except Declined. Enable the Supersedence column. Friday, March 18, AM. Thanks for your response gravin. I have checked the steps you mentioned Go to the All Updates view. But its not showing any updates to decline. Maybe there aren't any! What languages do you have configured for synchronization?

What products do you have configured for synchronization?