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
    2023-03-15T19:59:37+00:00

    Do it for me

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T15:59:22+00:00

    Hello Lynn,

    I have a hypothetical question. If down the line, I am going to be forced to upgrade and download Windows 11, will that new download of Windows 11 override the target version we set in the registry?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T20:28:33+00:00

    That's a good question, Mel, one I hadn't thought of. My guess is that we will need to go in and either delete all target version information, leaving those places blank (as I think they were before the protective registry edits were done), or re-set the target version to say Windows 11. If a specific edition is put in at that point, my guess is that it would need to be changed every time a new version of 11 came out, so my first attempt would be to just say "Windows 11" and not do the part where we currently have 22H2.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T21:23:07+00:00

    I'm hoping someone else might be able to join in on this question. I think you are on the right track and I had those same ideas.

    We need to find out what target version would allow all the new Windows 11 versions that will be coming otherwise we will constantly be in the registry and I don't want to do that.

    Maybe someone who has a new laptop or computer that came with Windows 10 yet keeps being offered to download Windows 11 (registry not touched from when it came brand new), we can see exactly what the target version text should be.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-21T22:06:42+00:00

    Yes, that would be best. It would be great if someone with an unaltered Windows 11 registry would provide a screenshot. I'm also thinking that by the time 2.5 yrs have passed my Surface may have bitten the dust (it's now 3.5 yrs old and you know how everything is made to not last these days) and it will be a moot point. Anything new bought at this point is bound to come with Windows 11 pre-loaded.

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