Microsoft to end Windows 10 support in 2025
Microsoft has disclosed for the first time that Windows 10 will be retired, setting Oct. 14, 2025, as the end-of-support date for the widely used operating system, CRN reports.
In an update to a Microsoft support document, first reported by Paul Thurrott, the company has listed that as the retirement date for Windows 10 Home and Pro, as well as for the Pro Education and Pro for Workstations editions of the operating system.
“Microsoft will continue to support at least one Windows 10 Semi-Annual Channel until October 14, 2025,” the company said in the support document.
The disclosure comes as Microsoft plans to unveil what it’s calling “the next generation of Windows” during an event on June 24.
Originally released in July 2015, the end-of-support date for Windows 10 would give the operating system just over a 10-year run.
Microsoft has yet to comment on what sort of branding the next-generation Windows version might receive. Rumors suggest that a next-generation version of Windows could be called Windows 11 or Windows Sun Valley. Microsoft is calling the June 24 announcement its “What’s Next for Windows” event.