Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. Here’s what users can do to stay protected or move to Windows 11.

Hundreds of millions of people are at risk of falling victim to cyber attacks if they do not update their computers within the next week, Microsoft has warned. A decade after releasing Windows 10, Microsoft will end support for the operating system on 14 October, meaning it will no longer receive protection from online threats.

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Microsoft will stop providing security updates to Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025, marking the end of a decade-long support cycle for the operating system that launched in July 2015. This change will leave millions of computers vulnerable to security threats unless users take action to upgrade or protect their systems.

A new report from TeamViewer found that 40% of global endpoints still run Windows 10, just days before security updates and support ends for the operating system

The official end of life (EOL) for Windows 10 comes just over a decade since the release of the now ubiquitous operating system – which Microsoft has said is now installed on 1.4 billion Windows and consumer devices worldwide – and four years after the release of its successor, Windows 11.

MILLIONS of Brits have just hours to stop using a vital piece of software or face having their bank accounts emptied. The end of updates for Windows 10 after tomorrow, October 14, means 21 million

Executives with DGR Systems, Clutch Solutions, CompuCom, ControlUp and Circana talked to CRN about the Windows 10 end of support date Oct. 14 and the migration to Windows 11.

Windows 10 will no longer be supported after Oct. 14, 2025, as it has been discontinued by the manufacturer and will no longer receive critical updates and security patches.