After nearly a decade of service, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/windows-10-eol-october-14-faq-esu” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/windows-10-eol-october-14-faq-esu”>Windows 10 is reaching its end of support on October 14, 2025. After that date, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for the operating system. While you can continue using your PC for another year through the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/how-to-use-windows-10-esu-to-keep-getting-updates-after-october-2025″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-10/how-to-use-windows-10-esu-to-keep-getting-updates-after-october-2025″>Extended Security Updates (ESU) program or data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-10-end-of-life-3-options-to-keep-using-your-pc-without-losing-your-data#section-2-upgrade-a-supported-pc-to-windows-11″ data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-10-end-of-life-3-options-to-keep-using-your-pc-without-losing-your-data#section-2-upgrade-a-supported-pc-to-windows-11″>upgrade to Windows 11 to stay protected, you might also decide to retire the device altogether if you have a new computer.
If that’s the case, you shouldn’t simply data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/microsoft-trade-in” data-url=”https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/microsoft-trade-in” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>recycle, trade in, or…
