Windows 11 24H2 support ends October 13: How to check and upgrade

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Windows 11 24H2 gets its last update on October 13, 2026, after which Home and Pro receive no more security patches. Here is how to check your version, move to 25H2 or 26H2 and tell whether a safeguard hold is blocking the upgrade. Microsoft is a software and software development company based in Redmond, and its products and services include Microsoft Windows.

Windows 11 24H2 support ends October 13: How to check and upgrade ⓘ Ruben Boekeloo / Pexels Windows 11 24H2 gets its last update on October 13, 2026, after which Home and Pro receive no more security patches. 🇵🇹 🇮🇹 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇵🇱 🇹🇷 🇷🇺 🇭🇺 🇨🇳 🇸🇪 Windows Microsoft Security How To Software Microsoft ships its monthly security updates on the second Tuesday of every month.

The PC keeps working, but every newly discovered flaw stays unpatched. Schools running Windows 11 SE laptops get no newer version at all.

For some Windows 11 PCs, this Tuesday's batch is the last one. Windows 11 version 24H2 reaches end of support on October 13, 2026, for Home and Pro, and Microsoft's lifecycle page lists Pro Education, Pro for Workstations and SE under the same date.

After that, the version gets no more monthly security updates. That makes the October Patch Tuesday release the final regular update for 24H2.