Windows 10: How to cancel Window 11 pending restart update without using recovery

I accidentally download Window 11 in background, so right now it stuck at pending restart state. I don't want to install Window 11, and I'm not sure if I remove the files in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution will corrupted anything else. I don't want to update to Window 11 then recovery later since I'm not sure if my personal files will lost because I don't have drive D and no backup space left.

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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!

 

How to cancel a pending update

This may help:
How to cancel/clear Pending Updates?

 

How to cancel a pending update

Thanks - it did resolve the RETRY issue then it immediately install (it was intel driver) the driver. Said i successfully installed. I guess I'll see what happens.