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
    2022-04-12T14:00:54+00:00

    Congratulations, Portland. You did it! Feels good, doesn't it? I am still running Windows 10 21H1, which (as I understand it) will only be supported until December of this year. But I put 21H2 in my registry and that is the one that will be supported till Oct 2025. Am still waiting for that update to show up in my options, but if it has not done so by the fall, I will upgrade to 21h2 manually.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-12T13:40:06+00:00

    Hello

    You can also use microsoft show or hide troubleshooter in case you want future windows 10 updates but you can hide windows 11 updates using this tools here it is https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/microsoft_show_or_hide_updates_troubleshooter.html

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-12T13:12:10+00:00

    Hi Leslie,

    Just 2 days ago I finally did take the plunge and edited the registry. I carefully followed the instructions and when I restarted my computer as instructed, Windows 11 was gone. I had also thought about a system restore but was worried I would lose certain files or programs and did not want to take that chance.

    I'm happy for you that your strategy worked. I hope you don't have Windows 11 rear its ugly head again on your computer.

    With the registry change, Windows 11 can never download as it is set for my target version of Windows.I don't even think I'll see some option to stay on Windows 10 like you did because as far as my computer is concerned, Windows 11 doesn't exist.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-12T03:42:10+00:00

    To PortlandMT

    I also downloaded Windows 11 but put the installation on pause for a later date. After I thought about it a few days I decided to try to do a system recovery. I went into the Control Panel, opened system restore and chose a recovery date three weeks prior to my downloading Windows 11. I hit OK and held my breath. It took my computer an hour to recover but IT WORK!!!!!! No more Windows 11. To check and make sure Windows 11 was gone, I brought up "Windows Update". Windows Update asked me if I wanted to download and install Windows 11 or stay on Windows 10 for now. I choose Windows 10 and that was it. Windows 11 download all gone. The only thing I had to do was make sure my updates for Windows 10 were current since I had backdated my computer. All I can say is that it worked for me. Good Luck

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T20:29:01+00:00

    That is the plan. A few beers and I'll see what happens. :)

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