How to Download an Older version of Windows 11 ISO (23H2)

Since Windows 11 24H2 has been released, the official ISO download pages now point to the 24H2 ISO. The earlier (23H2) ISO is no longer linked via the official download page. If you need an older version of the Windows 10 or 11 ISO, you can get it from UUPdump.net.

Download an Older version of Windows 11 ISO

The Microsoft ISO download page doesn’t offer an option to download older ISOs, such as Windows 11 23H2. However, you can get them from the Microsoft servers using third-party projects.

Method 1: UUPdump.net

Visit the following link:

https://uupdump.net/

Select the OS version you need. For example, the 23H2 link is here.

https://uupdump.net/known.php?q=category:w11-23h2

On the next screen, select the OS build you require.

Then, select the OS language and click Next.

download windows iso from uupdump

Select the editions you need, and click Next.

(check the tabular column on the right to see the information about editions.)

download windows iso from uupdump

Click the “Create download package” button.

Note: If you need an ESD file instead of WIM (WIM vs ESD) inside the ISO, choose the Use solid (ESD) compression option before clicking Create download package.

Disclaimer: By clicking the Create download package button, you agree with the following:

  • Installation images created using the scripts provided by UUP dump are meant only for evaluation purposes
  • The images and their deployments are not supported in any way by Microsoft Corporation
  • The authors are not liable for any damages caused by a misuse of the website

 

download windows iso from uupdump

It downloads a zip file. Extract the zip file contents to a folder.

Run the file “uup_download_windows.cmd” to launch the ISO download.

The setup source files will be downloaded from Microsoft’s servers.




Method 2: Using AveYo’s MCT Wrapper Script

Download AveYo’s MediaCreationTool.bat from their GitHub page.

https://github.com/AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat/blob/main/MediaCreationTool.bat

Download and run the batch file as administrator.

Select the Windows 10 or 11 version you need.

Windows 11 ISO download using AveYo's MCT wrapper

Select ISO.

Windows 11 ISO download using AveYo's MCT wrapper

It downloads the official ESD image and converts it to ISO automatically.


Method 3: Download the official ESD and convert it to ISO

You can download the official 23H2 ESD image [4.53 GB] from the following link:

22631.2861.231204-0538.23H2_NI_RELEASE_SVC_REFRESH_CLIENTCONSUMER_RET_x64FRE_en-us.esd

After downloading the ESD, you can convert it to ISO using any one of the following third-party tools:

Dism++
https://github.com/Chuyu-Team/Dism-Multi-language

(or)

ESD-Decrypter: A collection of tools to manage Windows Setup files:
https://github.com/gus33000/ESD-Decrypter

Related Posts

How to Download Windows 10 or 11 ISO [Different methods]

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How to Download Windows 11 ISO Using Media Creation Tool


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Ramesh Srinivasan is passionate about Microsoft technologies and he has been a consecutive ten-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award in the Windows Shell/Desktop Experience category, from 2003 to 2012. He loves to troubleshoot and write about Windows. Ramesh founded Winhelponline.com in 2005.

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