Windows 10: How to Cancel Upgrade When Windows Attempting to Upgrade to Windows 11 But Blocked By...

A colleague has accidentally clicked the upgrade to Windows 11 button on her laptop, however, the Windows 11 upgrade has been blocked by our company policy. Now, whenever the colleague attempts to check for updates, she is prompted with the below error message: How can this issue be resolved? We just want to cancel the upgrade, but not block it since the company may eventually upgrade to Windows 11 in the future.

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How to Cancel Upgrade When Windows Attempting to Upgrade to Windows 11 But Blocked By Company Policy

A colleague has accidentally clicked the upgrade to Windows 11 button on her laptop, however, the Windows 11 upgrade has been blocked by our company policy.

Now, whenever the colleague attempts to check for updates, she is prompted with the below error message:





How can this issue be resolved? We just want to cancel the upgrade, but not block it since the company may eventually upgrade to Windows 11 in the future.

 

Cancel a pending upgrade to Windows 11

I had this issue as well. After reverting back to Windows 10, the following seems to have resolved it for me, and cancelled the pending Windows 11 upgrade.

1. Add the following registry key using CMD/PowerShell as Administrator
   
   1. REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate /v ProductVersion /t REG_SZ /d "Windows 10"
      
   2. This key instructs Windows to only receive Feature Updates for the Windows 10 product
      
2. Click 'Pause updates' in Settings > Windows Update
   
3. Restart the Windows Update service (wuauserv)
   
4. Click to resume updates in Settings > Windows Update
   
5. Check for updates to verify that it does not attempt the upgrade again
   

Hope this helps and resolves your issue!

 

Cancel a pending upgrade to Windows 11

No one on this thread understands the issue, please read carefully. I have the same issue.

I upgraded to Windows 11 and reverted back to Windows 10.

Now with Windows 10, it continuously tries to download and install Windows 11 again. See below:





The best I can do is Pause Updates. Doing so doesn't allow me to update Windows 10. I'm being forced to Upgrade to Windows 11 (I didn't ask to do this, in fact I just reverted from Windows 11).

I want to cancel the Upgrade to Windows 11 which initiated on its own without my consent. The current status is how it shows above. Ready to download and install Windows 11 but no way to stop it.

What I want:

• Windows 10 to stop Upgrade to Windows 11 process
  
• Ability to update Windows 10 without it upgrading/installing to Windows 11
  
• Windows 10 with the ability to update