Windows 10: Is there a way to downgrade windows version without losing data after the 10 day period?

I wanted to downgrade from version 2004 to 1909 but without losing data preferably. Is there a way to do this after the 10 day period you have after the update?

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How can I downgrade after 30 days of Windows 10?

You will have to perform a clean install, because Microsoft removed the 30 day grace period starting with Windows 10 1607 later. In those later releases Microsoft had changed it to 10 days.

Step 1: Download the edition you have a license for:

http://windowsiso.net/windows-7-iso/windows-7-download/

Step 2:

• How
  to Prepare Bootable Install Media for Windows - DVD, USB or SD Card

Step 3: Instructions how to downgrade:

How to Downgrade Preinstalled or Upgraded Windows 10 Installation to Windows 7/8.1

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Downgrade Question

That means a clean install of windows, whatever version it may be.

A clean install will format the C drive, so all the user data (in the user folders like Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Picture and Videos) will not be available any more. So it will cause loss of data, for sure.

To avoid the loss of data, you need to move the data elsewhere. It may be

• Cloud like OneDrive or Google Drive.
• Any other HDD, internal or external
• USB drives or DVDs, if the volume of the data is not much more

I would prefer OneDrive. Once it is synced, it is accessible as it is in the computer itself.