Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 in 2025, but the company may find it harder than expected to put the operating system out to pasture. After promising a year of optional Extended Update support, Microsoft changed its policy and added another year to its Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. If you’re still hanging on to Windows 10, you don’t have to do anything except enjoy that extra year.
The latest regular updates were rolled out for Windows 10 in October last year, but the internet can be a dangerous place for unpatched Windows machines. That was a problem for Microsoft, as Windows 11 usage had barely surpassed Windows 10 when support ended. Microsoft’s solution was to give all users of the old operating system a free year of extended updates.
That program was due to end on October 12, 2026, but Microsoft updated its policy without even a whisper, delaying the end of the extended updates until October 12, 2027. The ESU support page was updated with that date, and Microsoft’s blog post about the program has a new editor’s note confirming the change.
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