Windows 10: Unauthorized Windows 11 Downgrade. How do I get win10 back after 10 days?

Windows 11 is installed on one of my machines without my permission. It has over 10 days. How do I roll this back to the superior Windows 10 w/o doing a full reinstall?Thank you a million MS for making this a total pain in the ****.

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Downgrade from windows 11 to windows 10 after 10 days without losing data.

The article provided earlier

Windows 11: Give yourself more time to roll back the upgrade

tells how you can change the 10 day 'rollback' deadline BEFORE it expires. So, when up "downgrade" to Win11, if know you will need more than 10 days, you can change the limit. After the 10 day limit expires, you CANNOT change it.

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No, you don't have to buy Win10 again. Starting with Win10 MS has been associating the product key with your email account so you can just do a Win10/11 clean install and it will activate automagically.

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downgrade win 11 to win 10

I just reran the Media Creation Tool that I just downloaded a few minutes ago. It took less than three minutes to create the ISO file on my medium powered computer with NVMe SSD and 500 Mbps internet connection. Maybe try restarting your computer and downloading a fresh Media Creation Tool? Make sure to note where the ISO file is stored at the last step: