Microsoft sets date to pull plug on support for Windows 10

Vendor to terminate support for operating system on 14 October 2025

Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 in October 2025, according to an update to its lifecycle policy.

Support for its Home, Pro, Pro Education and Pro for Workstations versions of Windows 10 will be terminated on 14 October 2025, Microsoft claims.

Windows 10 was launched almost 10 years ago, in July 2015. Just five months after its launch, Microsoft said that Windows 10 was its most popular ever operating system claiming that 200 million devices were now running the OS.

StatCounter data in June 2016 showed that Windows 10 had overtaken Windows 7 as Microsoft's most popular operating system amid market refreshes.

Around the time it launched, Microsoft hinted that Windows 10 would be its last version of Windows, with the vendor opting for smaller, regular updates rather than launching another upgrade.

The end-of-life date for Windows 10 comes after Microsoft announced an event earlier this month called "what's next for Windows". Scheduled to go live at 11am ET on 24 June and hosted by CEO Satya Nadella and chief product officer Panos Panay, some media has speculated that Microsoft will be announcing the launch of Windows 11 during the event.