What is the download size of Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703)?

Question

How much Internet data will it take to download the Windows 10 Creators Update?

I do not care about the final size once the update is installed. I need to know whether it is larger than 4GB, because then I have to buy some extra data before downloading it. Note that I use the 64-bit version of Windows.

Solution 1

Here is a screen shot showing the full-sized ISO images for the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703), along with the x64 size highlighted for your reference:

Also, if you are concerned about the additional size involved with the inevitable cumulative update that will install once you are online, the current patch (15063.13) is relatively small at only 11 MB:

As a result, your data plan should have some breathing room to work with even if you decide to download the ISO image to install. If you wait until you receive it automatically via Windows Update, it should be noticeably less than that.

Solution 2

I'm downloading it using the Upgrade Assistant.

I'm running 64-Bit English & it's downloading a 2.9GB ESD file.

Comments

[Christopher Hostage]

I used the Windows Update Assistant going from v1607 to Creators Update earlier this week, and it downloaded approximately 3.5 GB . There's more updates after the update, too.

[Run5k]

First of all, welcome to Super User! We always appreciate the contributions from our community members, but can you please provide us with a reference and/or screen shot to support your answer? Our initial research has shown that the "full-sized ISO images for the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703)" are noticeably less than 4.0 GB.

[ajf0]

I think that because you were able to "get rid of it" you might just need to remove the rollback files after update to regain the disk space, see e.g. techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/… Make sure the update works stable first.

[Strategy Thinker]

I let it update via Windows update, it used up 3.89 GB from my first account (I have two internet accounts), at which point I ran out of data, but it failed to install. Now it is appears to be starting from the beginning again with my second account of which there is isn't even 3GB left, so that will also fail. It is doing this automatically as I type this (goodbye internet ...). It also tried to automatically update at the end of last month, using up my last month's remaining data (which was more than 400MB).

[Run5k]

Please keep in mind that we had this discussion six months ago. A lot of things can change within the Windows world during that much time. Honestly, it may have been prudent to download the 3.38 GB image file back in April when we originally addressed this question. Then you could utilize a USB drive or DVD disc to upgrade to the baseline version of the Windows 10 Creators Update, and after that the only thing you would need to download is the latest Quality Update through Windows Update. Once your data plan is restored, I would recommend doing that.