How to uninstall Windows 10 updates

Windows 10

The Windows 10 update policy does not stand out precisely for being the most flexible. Since you have to keep your equipment always updated. Although we have taught you stop updates the system in a simple way. But, in case you do not have this function, you may have to resort to other actions. For example, we can uninstall updates.

Windows 10 gives us the possibility to uninstall an update. It is not something that users do on a regular basis, since updates are important, but we also know that they sometimes cause system failures. So, there may be cases where it is useful to uninstall such an update.

The steps to uninstall an update in Windows 10 are very simple. So you are going to be able to do it right away. Below we explain the steps you have to follow to achieve it. Ready to find out how to do it?

The first that we have to do is to type «control panel» in the search bar that is on the taskbar. Once written, we get the option, so we simply have to click on it. Thus will then open the control panel.

Control panel

Inside the Windows 10 control panel we go to the programs section. Once we are here, we have to find one option called "view installed updates". By entering this section we will be able to see all the updates that we have installed on our computer. Which will allow us to locate the one we want to uninstall.

We will get a list of all the updates that we have recently installed in Windows 10. Our task is to locate the one we want to uninstall. When we have found it, we have to right click with the mouse and We get the option so that we can uninstall it. We click on it and the process begins.

Uninstall updates

With this, the process should be complete, but we have to do one more thing if we do not want to throw this work away. Windows Update will redownload this update, something we can't do anything about. But we can download a program called Show or Hide Updated, which is compatible with Windows 10. This program will help us to block / hide this update.

Hide update

So simply we have to press the hide update and follow the steps that the wizard asks us. In this way we prevent Windows 10 from making us install this update again. Something that can be of help in the event that there is an update that is causing problems in the equipment.


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