STOP AUTO DWONLOADING WINDOWS 11 UPDATE

Question

hello.... all i want to do is to stop the updating from windows 10 to windows 11 ..... and to stop the autod ownloading installtion file and delete the dwonloaded files ....i have about 20Gigabyts lost in this operation and i would like to get them back

Answer 1

thank you for your response but i didnt find “Notify scheduled restarts” or “Notify downloads” or "Choose how to install updates" section , i'm running on Windows 10 Home, is there any another solution??

Answer 2

Hello,Hesham elnbarawy

Welcome to the Microsoft Community!

Thank you for your feedback. I read the information you provided. You mentioned that you want to stop the automatic download of Windows 11 updates and recover the lost space occupied by downloaded files.

I understand your current problem, please don't worry, you can pause the update and delete the downloaded files by following these methods.

1. Open the Settings app. Go to “Update and Security”. Select “Windows Update” from the left sidebar. Click Advanced Options. Under the “Choose how to install updates” section, select “Notify scheduled restarts” or “Notify downloads” to have more control over updates.
2. To recover the lost space, go to the folder where the downloaded Windows 11 installation files are stored (usually located in the Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder) and delete them manually.

I hope this information has been helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll be happy to help you further.

Best regards

Brian - Microsoft Community Support Specialist