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I'm one of the people who had Windows 11 download itself without me telling it to do so. Now, it is ready for install. I do not want to install Windows 11 at this point. I want to keep my Windows 10.
I've paused it for 7 days, but this is a temporary solution. Can I delete the Windows 11 download somehow? I'm running Windows 10 on a brand new Dell computer.
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Scroll down to posts the next day, when OP makes Rodrigo.Queiroz understand that he wants to block future attempts to download Windows 11. That detailed procedure does work/has worked for many of us on this thread, and emptying that update folder is part of the process -- even if (as you say) it is not sufficient by itself to block future attempts.
legit the most useless suggestion ever, that doesnt do **** anything but remove it and start up again on next restart, when someone says get rid of the update, that doesnt mean delete a file that just returns on reset, READ THE POST BEFORE U POST ****
Do you see any error messages when trying to delete?
Are you logged in with an account/profile that has admin credentials?
I was able to delete the files inside that folder without any trouble just a couple of weeks ago. I used the local admin account when working on this issue.
Just a suggestion to check.
Lynn is absolutely correct with her response. There should be no reason why you can't select and then delete those files.
Are you talking about the files in the Windows Update folder? And you've kept the folder but tried to delete the files in that folder? If so, I don't know why they wouldn't delete. That folder does repopulate, though, as soon as any attempt by the computer to update occurs. So maybe it's a sequencing issue? If you do the registry edit to limit updates to Windows 10 21H2 and then delete files in the update folder, then the next time anything shows up there it should have nothing to do with Windows 11.
If anyone else has other ideas, please correct me.
