How to roll back your Windows 11 installation

Updated: 24-Sep-2025 | Answer ID: 5791
This article is a step-by-step process on how to roll back your Windows 11 installation.

Microsoft offers 10 days to roll back from Windows 11 to Windows 10. After this period, you can still restore Windows by doing a clean reinstall of Windows 10.

Step-by-step process

  1. Go to Start Menu > Settings > Windows Update > Advanced Options.

    Windows update page on Windows 11 highlighting Advanced options

  2. Click on “Recovery” under Advanced Options.

    Recovery option under Advanced Options

  3. Click “Go back”.

    Go back option under Recovery

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