Software Update services Off but space consumed not freed

Hello guy,
i have activated this good fonction of "software Updates" but have not taking into account the space that will consumed, so i have passed it to "manual" to be able to "Remove" all the 70Gb Updates.
some Updates are on "waiting" status and all that are "removed" on "Available" but my consumed disk space haven't return
so from this point how i can managed to get back this disk space ?
i use Mac Os X 10.9.4 with server 3.1.2

Software Update Service used to store downloaded files in /var/db/swupd/ it now stores them in /Library/Server/Software Update/Data/
It maybe the simplest option is to turn the service off in Server.app, delete all the files in the directory listed above, relaunch and restart the SUS service and let it download just the desired updates again.

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defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL
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My CPU is different from a Dell and I am using the new ipod video, but all of the problems you have faced I am dealing with now.
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