How to Roll Back Windows 10 Upgrade and Restore a Previous Version of Windows
Summary: How to roll back or restore Windows 10 from a new feature update to the previous version. This guide covers restoring your previous version of Windows on a Dell computer.
Symptoms
Cause
About Windows 10 rollback
When a computer is upgraded from Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, the previous version of Windows is retained on the hard drive for approximately 28 days. This feature allows a user to revert back to the previous version of Windows for any reason. After 10 days (30 days in versions of Windows 10 prior to Anniversary Edition) the old version of Windows is removed to free up space on the hard drive.
Resolution
How to roll back Windows 10 to a previous version of Windows
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If your computer is unplugged, be sure to plug it into wall power and click Next.
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Click Start
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Select Recovery options (System Setting).
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Under Recovery, select Go back to Windows [X], where [X] is the previous version of Windows.
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Select a reason for going back, then click Next.
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Click Go back to Windows [X].
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Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the rollback.
When the rollback process is complete, the computer boots into your previous version of Windows. If you used a password to log in to your previous version of Windows, you must know it to log in.
Additional Information
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