Configure Storage Storage Downloads cleanup threshold: registry value ConfigStorageSenseDownloadsCleanupThresholdComputerHKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense

Policy ID: SS_ConfigStorageSenseDownloadsCleanupThreshold
Scope: Computer Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1903
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: System › Storage Sense

Registry

ConfigStorageSenseDownloadsCleanupThreshold

REG_DWORDComputer

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Minimum age (in days) of a files in the Downloads folder before Storage sense will delete it (0 is never deleting files):
Value type: REG_DWORD
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 365

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense]

; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data
"ConfigStorageSenseDownloadsCleanupThreshold"=dword:<enter value>

CMD

:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense" /v "ConfigStorageSenseDownloadsCleanupThreshold" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data

New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\StorageSense' -Name 'ConfigStorageSenseDownloadsCleanupThreshold' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null