Microsoft has confirmed that it will continue its traditional 10 years of support for Windows 10. The company has updated its Windows lifecycle page, showing that its support for Windows 10 will officially end on October 14, 2025.
That looks like pretty clear evidence that Microsoft will kill off Windows 10 in 2025. If the company no longer updates an operating system, it usually means that the operating system is essentially dead, and users will be encouraged to move to a successor. Does this mean Windows 11 is real?
According to the official documentation, Windows 10 20H2 (released in the second half of 2020) will reach its end of life on May 10, 2022. On that day, Microsoft will release the last cumulative update for consumer-oriented editions, namely Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro for Workstations.
Is Windows 10 the last version of Windows after 2025?
However, now that Microsoft has unveiled that Windows 10 will be retired in 2025, it looks like it won’t be the final version of Windows after all, and that makes Windows 11 (or whatever it will be called) even more likely. What’s next for Windows 10? So, what does this mean for Windows 10?
What is the future of Windows 10?
When Windows 10 was launched, Microsoft said it was intended to be the final version of the operating system. But from 14 October 2025, there will be no new updates or security fixes for either the Home or Pro versions. And Microsoft says its successor will represent one of the “most significant updates” to the OS in the past decade.
When is Windows 10 going to end?
What you need to knowA leaked build confirms that Windows 11 is on the way. In the past, Microsoft said that Windows 10 would be the last version of Windows. The situation appears to have changed.
Will Windows 10 be discontinued?
Windows 10 to be retired in 2025, as new OS unveils 15 June SOPA Images Windows 10 will not receive updates or security fixes after October 2025 Microsoft says it will stop supporting Windows 10 in.
When will Windows 10 stop being supported?
Windows 10 will not receive updates or security fixes after October 2025 Microsoft says it will stop supporting Windows 10 in 2025, as it prepares to unveil a major revamp of its Windows operating system later this month. When Windows 10 was launched, Microsoft said it was intended to be the final version of the operating system.
When will Microsoft stop supporting Windows 10?
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The terms closely follow Microsoft’s pattern for other recent operating systems, continuing the policy of five years of mainstream support and 10 years of extended support. Mainstream support for Windows 10 will continue until Oct. 13, 2020, and extended support ends on Oct. 14, 2025.