Get more than 10 days to roll back a feature update — via Microsoft Learn

Commandlow riskNeeds adminWindows 11Windows 10

After a feature update you normally have 10 days to go back to the previous version. You can stretch that to as many as 60 days, giving more time to discover that a driver or app is broken.

Takes effect right away

Command

Run in an administrator Command Prompt / Terminal window.

DISM /Online /Get-OSUninstallWindow
DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:60

Undo

DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:10

Only works while rollback files from a recent upgrade still exist (Disk Cleanup or Storage Sense may remove "Previous Windows installation(s)"). Values below 2 or above 60 fall back to the default of 10. Keeping the old installation uses many gigabytes until it expires.

Sources

DISM operating system uninstall command-line options — by Microsoft Learn

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
Tested hands-on: Not by Oddbyte.Me

Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.

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Get more than 10 days to roll back a feature update — via Microsoft Learn

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