Microsoft to stop selling Windows 10 Home, Pro at end of January

Starting January thirty first, Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 downloads.

The transfer shouldn’t come as a lot of a shock — Windows 11 has been round for some time and Microsoft plans to formally stop supporting Windows 10 on October 14th, 2025. The Verge noticed updates to Microsoft’s on-line retailer to observe that it’s going to stop selling Windows 10 Home and Pro downloads at the end of the month.

However, Microsoft would solely affirm its personal plans to The Verge, which signifies Windows 10 will nonetheless be obtainable from third events past the January thirty first deadline. At the very least, it’s not clear what’s going to occur to Windows 10 licences obtainable from the likes of Amazon.

The Windows 10 downloads being eliminated embody licence keys, that are wanted to activate and use the obtain. In it’s place, Microsoft is — naturally — recommending Windows 11.

The Verge notes that Microsoft launched Windows 10 in July 2015 with a deal with working like a service with steady updates. At one level, the corporate even pitched it because the “last version of Windows,” though Microsoft finally modified its tune on that.

Anyway, should you’re not serious about Windows 11 however want a replica of Windows to get you thru the subsequent two years, you possibly can seize Windows 10 from the Microsoft retailer till January thirty first.

Source: Microsoft Via: The Verge