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reverting back to windows 10

Josh PARKER 0 Reputation points
2025-10-21T05:23:21.0266667+00:00

i did not authorize the update to windows 11. i can not go back to windows 10. all of my restore points are gone. and the software i use does not work. this is bull shit. i want my system back to what it was. microsoft has no right in hell to do the crap they do. i paid for what i have and not what they want me to have.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Recovery and backup
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  1. Gunasekar N 43,735 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-10-21T06:00:20.29+00:00

    Hello, thank you for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A.

    If you’ve recently upgraded your device to Windows 11, you have a 10-day rollback period. After this period, the system automatically deletes the files required to restore the previous version of Windows 10 to free up disk space. Once those files are removed, you’ll no longer be able to revert to Windows 10.

    In this case, your only option will be to perform a clean installation of Windows 10 using a USB bootable installation media. Please note that this process removes all files and apps during installation.

    Reference:

    Go back to the previous version of Windows

    You will have to backup all of your personal files to an external hard drive and proceed with reinstalling Windows 10.

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

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