Windows 10

If y'all are running into issues with Windows 10 20H2, otherwise known as the October 2020 Update, this guide will explain how to scroll back to your previous version of the operating organisation.

When upgrading to the Windows 10 20H2 feature update, one of 2 methods will be used depending on what version of Windows x is being upgraded.

If users are upgrading from Windows ten 1909 or older, then Windows ten 20H2 will be installed as a full update, which tin can simply be rolled back within 10 days of being installed.

On the other hand, if a user was running Windows 10 2004, Windows 10 20H2 volition exist installed via an 'enablement package' that turns on features already part of the operating system but are turned off.

How you upgraded to Windows 10 20H2, though, determines how y'all tin can uninstall and roll back to a previous version of Windows. Below, we have provided ii different methods to uninstall Windows 10 20H2, the October 2020 Update, depending on your previously installed version.

How to uninstall Windows 10 20H2 and rollback to v2004

If y'all upgrade to Windows ten 20H2 from Windows ten 2004, you would have done so through a small enablement package that enables features already installed on the operating system.

You tin uninstall the Windows 10 20H2 enablement bundle to whorl dorsum to Windows 10 2004 by following these steps:

  1. Go to Starting time > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > View update history > Uninstall Updates, as shown below.
    View update history settings page
    View update history settings page
  2. When the 'Uninstall an update' screen opens, search for the "Feature Update to Windows 10 20H2 via Enablement Package (KB4562830)' update and left-click on information technology once, and then it'due south selected.

    One time you click on it, an Uninstall push will exist displayed that you should click on to uninstall Windows x 20H2.

    Uninstall the KB4562830 Windows 10 20H2 enablement package
    Uninstall the KB4562830 Windows ten 20H2 enablement package
  3. After clicking on the Uninstall push, yous will be asked if you lot are sure y'all wish to "Uninstall this update." Click on theYespush button to continue.
  4. Y'all will now be shown a modest dialog box that asks you to expect while the enablement bundle is uninstalled.
    Waiting while Windows 10 20H2 is uninstalled
    Waiting while Windows 10 20H2 is uninstalled
  5. When it has finished uninstalling, you lot volition exist prompted to restart Windows ten. Click on theRestart At present button to continue.
    Prompt to restart Windows 10
    Prompt to restart Windows 10

After Windows restarts, Windows 10 20H2 will exist uninstalled, and you volition exist back at Windows 10 2004.

How to uninstall Windows 10 20H2 and rollback to v1909 or older

If you lot upgraded to Windows x 20H2 from Windows 10 2009 or older, then a total update was used to install the new operating system.

It should be noted that y'all tin just uninstall Windows ten 20H2 and roll dorsum to a previous version if you lot are within x days of installing the feature update. If it has been 10 days or later, the 'Get started' push button will exist grayed out, and you will non be able to select information technology.

If you wish to uninstall Windows 10 20H2, you can use the post-obit steps:

  1. Go to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Recovery.
  2. At the recovery screen, click on the 'Get started' push nether 'Go back to the previous version of Windows 10.'
    Recovery settings screen
    Recovery settings screen
  3. You will now be asked why you are uninstalling Windows ten 20H2. This information is sent to Microsoft so they can acquire what bug people are having. When set, click on theAdjacent button.
    Why are you uninstalling Windows 10 20H2 screen
    Why are you uninstalling Windows 10 20H2 screen
  4. As a terminal, last-ditch effort to keep you on Windows 10 20H2, you will be asked to check for new updates and run into if that fixes the problem. If you wish to continue rolling dorsum to the previous version, click on the 'No, thanks' button.
    Checking for new updates screen
    Checking for new updates screen
  5. You will now be at a screen with instructions on how the uninstall works and what you lot may have to do after. When ready, click on theNext push button.
    Last-minute instructions screen
    Last-infinitesimal instructions screen
  6. You will now be prompted to make certain you know your password equally you will need it to login after the uninstall. Press theAdjacent button to continue.
    Reminder to make sure you know your password
    Reminder to make certain y'all know your countersign
  7. Finally, you volition be thanked for trying the new build and prompted to continue with the uninstall of Windows 10 20H2. If you proceed, the calculator will be rebooted, and Windows ten 20H2 will be uninstalled.

After rebooting, y'all will at present be rolled back to your previous version of Windows 10.