How To Uninstall Latest Windows 10 Upgrade [Tutorial]
188This tutorial will show you how to rollback build upgrades in Windows 10. Please note, general builds should not be affected by this timetable.
There are two different types of updates in Windows 10. Aside from traditional patches, there are occasional big “builds” of Windows 10 that are released. The first new build of Windows 10 released is was the “November update” released in November, 2015. This is actually Windows 10 version 1511.
This is also an essential troubleshooting step if you’re part of the Windows Insider Program and you’re helping test new, unstable preview builds of Windows 10. If a build you install is too unstable, you can roll back to the one you were previously using.
To do this, open the Start screen or Start menu and select Settings. Navigate to Update & security - Recovery. Click or tap the “Get started” button under “Go back to an earlier build” to uninstall the current build of Windows 10 and go back to the one you were using previously.
This isn’t a way to opt out of new builds permanently. Windows 10 will automatically download and install the next major build that’s released. If you’re using the stable version of Windows 10, that may be a few months away. If you’re using the insider preview builds, you’ll likely get a new build much sooner.
If you don’t see this option, that’s because it’s been too long since you upgraded to the current build. Windows 10 will automatically remove these installation files after 30 days. It’s also possible that you ran the Disk Cleanup tool and removed the “Previous Windows installation(s)” files. Builds are treated practically like new versions of Windows, which is why you uninstall a build in the same way you’d uninstall Windows 10 and revert to Windows 8.1 or 7. You’d have to reinstall Windows 10 or restore your computer from a full-system backup to go back to a previous build after those 30 days are up.
Thanks to Windows 10’s new “Reset this PC” design, you can’t go back to an older build of Windows 10 by resetting your PC. Reset your PC and Windows 10 will give you a fresh system using the current build of Windows. This saves time, as you won’t have to update Windows 10 from scratch when you reset it — something you had to do with Windows 8.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).