How do I check for an update to Windows 10 and remove it if necessary?

Usually, the operating system Windows 10 itself downloads and installs all the necessary updates. This is logical, because the default setting is the function of automatic searching and installation. But it's useful to know how to check for updates to Windows 10. Sometimes they can be found available, but not installed.

How can I check for updates in Windows 10?

It's simple: you call the "Options" application. It opens with a combination of Win + I. In the "Update and Security" section there is a "Update Center" button. There is also a large "Check for Updates" button. Click on it, and the system will automatically start to search for available updates that were not previously installed.

The process will last a couple of seconds, then it will display the message "Device updated." This answer means that there are currently no updates available. Otherwise, the offer will be updated. Agree.

How to check for installed Windows 10 updates?

The method described above allows you to search only for updates that have not yet been installed. But how to check for updates to Windows 10 that were installed earlier. To do this, there is also a functional - "Journal."

In the same parameters there is a button "Update log". There they will list their names, as well as the date of installation. Moreover, the system even displays the status of the installation "Successfully" or "Unsuccessfully." If the installation fails, Windows tries to reinstall the update, but even if you can not reinstall it, it will be downloaded again.

To see the details, just click on the installation date. There will be a brief description of the reason for the installation and the attached link to the Microsoft website with a detailed list of the problems that this update fixes.

Delete

Now it's clear how to check for Windows 10 updates, but how to remove them and if you need to do it at all? Sometimes it is necessary. For example, on Windows 7, some of the installed updates looped around the system, which made the computer unable to boot. A screenshot of the logon screen was constantly displayed, after nothing happened. To solve this problem in a safe mode, it was necessary to delete some files, and only then the computer was loaded normally.

So far, there are no similar problems in Windows 10, but it is possible that they can be. It is possible that after the next update of Windows 10 the computer will work worse. In this case, you will need to rollback or delete.

At the top of the log window there is a "Delete" button. Click on it, the control panel opens on the "Installed Updates" tab. There you can select the desired item (what you are going to delete) and click on the "Delete" button. The system can ask for confirmation. Agree. After that it will be deleted.

Remember that the system will try to install this update again, but until then you will have time to check if your computer is working properly. And if the problem was really in it, then it should be banned from installation. Do it with the built-in functionality does not work. You'll have to use a third-party tool, for example, Show or Hide Updates Troubleshooter, but this is not the subject of this article.

Now you know how to check for Windows 10 updates and remove them as needed.