# FYI: You can keep using Windows 10 until October 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-october-2026/1020320 "2025-06-30T21:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-october-2026/1020320/3 "2025-07-01T01:54:04Z")
Previous thread: > [@Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026, with strings attached](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-extends-free-windows-10-security-updates-into-2026-with-strings-attached/1020084): > > Microsoft will extend a year of additional Windows 10 security updates to any users who opt into [Windows Backup](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/back-up-and-restore-with-windows-backup-87a81f8a-78fa-456e-b521-ac0560e32338#id0ebh=windows_10), a relatively recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 app that backs up some settings and files using a Microsoft account. Users can also opt into ESU updates by spending [1,000 Microsoft Rewards points](https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/rewards/about), which are handed out for everything from making purchases with your Microsoft account to doing Bing searches. These offers don’t formally extend the end-of-support date for Windows 10. But f… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-october-2026/1020320)._