Downgrade from windows 11 to windows 10 after 10 days without losing data.

Anonymous
2022-01-12T12:04:39+00:00

Hi, Currently I am using win11 but I'm not satisfied with the system performance compared to win10.

It has been more than 10 Days since I upgraded to win11, now the go back option is grayed out.

Is there any method to downgrade to win10 without losing data?

Thanks and Regards.

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Sumit 44,316 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2022-01-12T12:35:59+00:00

Nope. The only way is a reinstall.

Reinstall Windows (microsoft.com)

How to: Uninstall Windows 11 - Your Windows Guide

If it has been over ten days since you upgraded to Windows 11, the options are limited for you**. To go back to Windows 10, you would need to perform a custom installation of Windows that would remove everything unless you backed up. You need to create an Installation Media using Windows 10 Media Creation tool, start your PC from it and choose custom installation.**

How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10 - Microsoft Community

*Once you have your Windows 10 installation media ready, all you need to do is boot from the disc or USB thumb drive to begin setup. If you don't have install media,*see instructions:*How to download official Windows 10 ISO files* 

Review the following guide for instructions and details about configuring your BIOS or UEFI boot settings for DVD, CD, USB or SD Card.

BIOS/UEFI Setup Guide: Boot from a CD, DVD, USB Drive or SD Card

Once your computer is set to boot from the DVD, you should see this option. If you are installing from a retail Windows 10 USB thumb drive, you will be asked to select either 32 or 64 bit Windows 10. Learn morehere

The Windows logo will appear on screen, this might be here for a while, as long as you see the animating dots, everything should be ok.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-06-07T05:34:00+00:00

    Yes.

    Installing Windows 10 will replace Windows 11 on your computer.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-06-12T19:53:48+00:00

    I am just going to put this out there. Here are the facts:

    -I did not authorize the windows 11 upgrade which happened on my pc

    -I gave windows 11 an honest try, despite it being forced on me. I do not like it.

    -I am past the 10 day window for downgrade. I will manually reinstall windows 10.
    -I will be extremely vocal if my pc 'upgrades' itself to this 'wonderful' new operating system I dont want or like.

    Please find a way to make the optional upgrade, ACTUALLY OPTIONAL.

    Thank you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-12T23:45:03+00:00

    I am just going to put this out there. Here are the facts:

    -I did not authorize the windows 11 upgrade which happened on my pc

    -I gave windows 11 an honest try, despite it being forced on me. I do not like it.

    -I am past the 10 day window for downgrade. I will manually reinstall windows 10.
    -I will be extremely vocal if my pc 'upgrades' itself to this 'wonderful' new operating system I dont want or like.

    No one here can act on your reasonable request.

    .

    If you want "MS" to hear your complaint you have to submit it as a feedback and/or post on social media.

    .

    Feedback Hub

    The “Answers” forum / community is “staffed” mostly by users like yourself, unpaid volunteers. This forum is intended more for “How to do something in application A” type questions. We sometimes can provide work-arounds for problems, but we can’t do anything about underlying problem. If the forum can’t solve your question you need to talk directly to MS, you need to submit a “Feedback” to MS.
    .

    For a couple of years now MS has had a "feedback" process that allows users submit bug reports / problems, suggestions and new feature requests directly to MS developers and managers. You can submit feedbacks from within many MS apps, or you can use the Win10 “Feedback Hub” app. This article describes the different ways you can submit Feedback to MS:
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/microsoft-feedback-process/6f850368-8c86-481d-a207-d95b265c4be4
    .

    This question suggests that MS pays attention to feedbacks:
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/master-data-services-mds-2019-add-in-for-excel/b130edef-c293-4c97-a275-0099d76c39be?messageId=c2778942-bbb6-41bc-8c58-29220f07b132
    A MS download page oops’d and gave the same name to both the 32 and 64 bit download files. After feedback, they relatively instantly fixed the problem. Yes, file names on a download page are a trivial example, but a win is a win.
    .

    There is also a new web based “Feedback Portal” in development. It is still labelled “Preview”. It provides functionality similar to the feedback hub. Access to feedbacks submitted in 34+ categories.
    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/
    .

    I was talking to an Excel MS developer whose job does include monitor feedback submissions.  He says that the more specific you are about the problem, how to recreate it, what you see, what you expect to see, screen captures etc , the more likely they are to act on it, and maybe even try to contact you.
    .

    Depending on which of the contact channels you use, you sometimes have a (hidden) option to include contact info (your email). Like this forum, their system automagically strips out emails included in the feedback. So if you want to embed your email in the feedback, like in this forum, break it up ie

    .           Your  dot  name At email dot com

    As users we are unpaid quality control testers, we identify bugs, they pick which feedbacks they will work on, and when they will release them, for testing by Insiders and to general public.
    .

    But don't "expect" anything like feedback about your feedback back from MS. The most you can expect is to see that MS has updated the feedback “Status”

    MS Status “feedback” to user in Win10 Feedback Hub.Note: The image above also includes the button to click to get a “Share” link to this specific feedback.
    Feedback to MS is still mostly, but no longer totally, a black hole sucking in information without any return

    Portrait of The Black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
    Ain't science wonderful.
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61412463
    .

    MS will make fixes and changes on their own schedule.
    .

    They will not provide much, if any, advance notice of what they are working on and/or when it will be released.
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    Hint : get a “share” link to your feedback (may take a couple of minutes to process the initial submission of the feedback) and post the link back to this question. That way if someone finds this question they will be able to link directly to your feedback so they can vote for it and add their comments. The more feedback on a subject, the more likely it is to be acted on.
    .
    Keeping a copy of the link also makes it eaier for you to find it again in the future Having

    i.e.

    "Feedback" suggesting that they create a "Support / Support" category in the feedback app to collect complaints about poor service in MS Support: https://aka.ms/AAdyeq0
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    Note:
    2022 05 06- Weird bug made Google Docs crash if you typed one word five times
    https://www.zdnet.com/article/weird-bug-made-google-docs-crash-if-you-typed-one-word-five-times/
    The key takeaway in this article was “About two hours after Needham reported the issue, Google notified users on its support page that it was investigating the issue.” And they fixed the problem before the magazine was able to confirm the problem existed.
    . Be publicly vocal about your complaints.  Post on social media https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/industry-blog/microsoft-in-business/media-comm/2017/04/18/microsoft-uses-social-media-create-customer-experience/
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    Facebook

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-06-19T23:50:11+00:00

    IT HAS ONLY BEEN 1 DAY

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