How to Cancel Windows 11 update?

Anonymous
2021-12-16T19:58:35+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2022-08-04T13:49:05+00:00

    Yes, I know *YOU* have solved your problem, PortlandMT.

    However, G-17 hasn't, and since just changing the registry key is sometimes ineffectual, I tried to point out a possible explanation to them.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-08-05T20:47:39+00:00

    Thanks for mentioning this, JoJun.

    I didn't check the folder on C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download previously. This makes a lot of sense now.

    I was able to move the user back to Windows 10. I checked, and the registry keys were still there after the rollback. When I checked the path "C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download" there were data files on it. As you mentioned, if the update was already saved previously to the registry key modifications, it could get installed after a reboot.

    I deleted the information inside the folder (not the folder), and I'm keeping an eye on the computer. Hopefully, it will stay in Windows 10 now.

    Thanks so much for your time and for helping me find a logical explanation for this problem.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-08-05T21:08:56+00:00

    So happy for you!!!! Let us know if all is good now with Windows 10.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-08-15T09:29:02+00:00

    I have accessed the files but can't seem to delete them. Can you advise please.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-08-15T22:18:09+00:00

    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.

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