Windows 10: View Windows Update History in Windows 10

How to: View Windows Update History in Windows 10

How to View Windows Update History in Windows 10


Windows 10 is a service, which means that it is upgraded with periodic software updates.

While you can manually metered connections (where charges may apply). In that case, only those updates required to keep Windows running smoothing will automatically download.

Microsoft releases important updates every second Tuesday once a month, known as Patch Tuesday. However, updates could be released at any time.

An update history is available so you can see which updates were installed, and when. You can also uninstall updates if necessary.

For more about update history, see:

• Windows Update log files | Microsoft Docs
• Windows 10 update history - Windows Support

This tutorial will show you how to view your update history to see which Windows Updates failed or successfully installed on your Windows 10 PC.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To View Installed Update History in Settings
• Option Two: To View Installed Updates in Control Panel

OPTION ONE [/i] To View Installed Update History in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Update & security icon.

2. Click/tap on the View installed update history link on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. You will now see the history of Windows Update listed in categories. (see screenshot below)

*note You can click/tap on an available link for an update to see more details about that update.INDENT]



4. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.[/INDENT]






OPTION TWO [/i] To View Installed Updates in Control Panel
1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Programs and Features icon.

2. Click/tap on the View installed updates link on the left side in Programs and Features. (see screenshot below)



3. You will now see your installed updates. (see screenshot below)



4. When finished, you can close Installed Updates if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Updates

Not enough information....

You mean Windows Update History?

How to View Windows Update History in Windows 10



Or do you mean something else?

 

How do I view installed updates?

See https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5472-view-windows-update-history-windows-10-a.html for details.

Basically look in Settings - Windows update - update and security - view update history, and also Control panel - Programs and features - view installed updates.

The link has full details.

 

Microsoft has new Windows 10 update history website.

Windows 10 update history - Windows Help

 

Shawn, that'll make some users

now!

 

Something I just noticed, my Custom View also shows when Uni Apps are updated:

 

Hi, I realise the update history gets wiped out with a major update like anniversary update. But on my main pc it only lists the last 5 updates for various things going back only to 3rd Sept. Is this normal? I know there were updates between 2nd Aug and 3rd Sept. On our weaker living room pc it shows history more with 'feature update' being the first in the list

 

Hello Scotty, *Smile

I like to look in Installed Updates in Control Panel to help see them all.

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/5...a.html#option1

 

Thanks Shawn. I looked in there too. What is troubling me in both views is the lack of entries. It only shows the most recent couple of KB updates released by MS dating back sept 13. I am sure there have been several since anniversary update was released. At the end of the day it's purely cosmetic, I'm on the latest public release version and everything works as it should. But it did make me curious why one machine has many more entries than the other.

i wonder if it only shows 5 recent updates in the new update GUI history. It'll then replace with the latest one on the next cumulative update with the oldest one dropping out. But then that contradicts what shows on our other machine which lists 7 entries with the oldest one being the feature update.

 

It may sometimes reset after a new build.

 

See Nothing Listed in Update History

My update list was blank after turning off/on metered connection. Is this normal? Four updates have since come through and appear on the list.

 

Hello Steve, *Smile

I've noticed that the update history clears itself after each new build release.

As a test in build 16188, I toggled my Ethernet connection on/off as metered, but it didn't clear my update history.

 

I've routinely used a metered connection since the original 10240 release. Far from clearing the update history it actually gets two entries for each update - the first a failure when it discovers it can't download over the metered connection, the second a success when you let it download.

Update history starts with a clean slate if you do an in-place upgrade, even if it's to the same edition you had before. It will also be empty after you do a System Image Restore, though they will all still be listed in 'uninstall updates'.

 

Just noticed that "View installed update history" in "Settings" is showing a bunch of updates for Office 2002 were successfully installed and the updateds don't even exist. One of them is SP3 and that is wrong because I have SP3 and will not install it because of a bug that will not allow ActiveX controls to be put on a worksheet so I have the update hidden with Windows "Show or hide updates" utilities.

Now I just got a notice to install an update for Office 2010 that I don't even have installed.