How to Go Back to Windows 11 23H2 from 24H2

Microsoft has made the Windows 11 24H2 ISO available and is also rolling out 24H2 to users via Windows Update. If you’ve installed 24H2 and don’t like its performance, you can revert to 23H2 (or the previous build) using the recovery feature in Settings.

You can always roll back a feature update within ten days. After ten days, the windows.old folder, which contains the previous Windows files, will be automatically cleared.

RELATED: If you wish to extend the 10-day rollback period, please see the article How to Extend the 10-day Limit to Go back to previous version of Windows.

Go Back to Windows 11 23H2 from 24H2

To revert to the previous Windows version (e.g., 23H2) within ten days of upgrading to 24H2, follow these steps:

Open SettingsSystemRecovery.

Click “Go back” under “Recovery options.”

go back to previous build in windows 11

Click Next.

go back to previous build in windows 11

Click “No, thanks” when prompted to check for updates.

go back to previous build in windows 11

Click Next.



go back to previous build in windows 11

Click Next.

go back to previous build in windows 11

Click Go back to earlier build.

go back to previous build in windows 11

If everything goes well, your system will revert to the previously installed OS version after one or more reboots. To verify everything ran correctly, check your OS version by running winver.exe.

Editor’s note

Windows 11 23H2 will be supported till November 11, 2025. After this date, the version will reach the end of servicing. So, consider upgrading to 24H2 or higher before November 11, 2025.


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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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