Microsoft extends Windows 10 security updates to 2027 (opens in new tab)

Microsoft extended its free consumer Windows 10 Extended Security Updates program to October 12, 2027, giving enrolled personal devices one more year of security patches beyond the previous October 2026 end date. The change appeared in Microsoft’s Windows 10 ESU documentation and in an editor’s note to a Windows Experience Blog post, not in a separate announcement. Windows 10 reached end of support on October 14, 2025, when Microsoft stopped regular technical support, feature updates and secu...