Can I Skip a Windows 10 Feature Update?

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update . … Under Update settings, select Advanced options. From the boxes under Choose when updates are installed, select the number of days you would like to defer a feature update or a quality update.

Can I skip a feature update?

Windows 10 allows you to defer a feature update up to 365 days i.e. 1 whole year. So you can enable the defer option to prevent a new feature update installation in your Windows 10 device.

Can I skip a Windows Update?

1 Answer. No, you can’t, since whenever you see this screen, Windows is in the process of replacing old files with new versions and/out converting data files. If you’d be able to cancel or skip the process (or turn off your PC) you could end up with a mix of old and new that won’t work properly.