Windows 10

Windows 10
Windows 10
Version of the Windows NT operating system
	Screenshot of Windows 10, showing the Start menu and Action Center in light theme
Developer	Microsoft
Written in	C, C++, C#, Assembly;
OS family	Microsoft Windows
Source model	Closed-source; Source-available (through Shared Source Initiative);
Released to; manufacturing	July 15, 2015; 11 years ago
General; availability	July 29, 2015; 11 years ago
Final release	22H2 (10.0.19045.7807) (October 13, 2026; 1 day ago) [±]
Final preview	Release Preview Channel (discontinued) 22H2 (10.0.19045.7807) (October 13, 2026; 1 day ago) [±]
Marketing target	Personal computing
Available in	110 languages
	List of languages Afrikaans - Afrikaans; Azərbaycan - Azerbaijani; Bosanski - Bosnian; Català (Espanya, valencià) - Catalan (Spain, Valencian); Català (Espanya) - Catalan (Spain); Čeština - Czech; Cymraeg - Welsh; Dansk - Danish; Deutsch - German; Èdè Yorùbá - Yoruba; Eesti - Estonian; English (United Kingdom) - English (United Kingdom); English (United States) - English (United States); Español (España) - Spanish (Spain); Español (México) - Spanish (Mexico); Euskara - Basque; Filipino - Filipino; Français (Canada) - French (Canada); Français (France) - French (France); Gaeilge - Irish; Gàidhlig - Scottish Gaelic; Galego - Galician; Hausa - Hausa; Hrvatski - Croatian; Igbo - Igbo; Indonesia - Indonesian; IsiXhosa - Xhosa; IsiZulu - Zulu; Íslenska - Icelandic; Italiano - Italian; Kʼicheʼ - Kʼicheʼ; Kinyarwanda - Kinyarwanda; Kiswahili - Swahili; Latviešu - Latvian; Lëtzebuergesch - Luxembourgish; Lietuvių - Lithuanian; Magyar - Hungarian; Malti - Maltese; Māori - Maori; Melayu - Malay; Nederlands - Dutch; Norsk bokmål - Norwegian Bokmål; Norsk nynorsk - Norwegian Nynorsk; Oʻzbek - Uzbek; Polski - Polish; Português (Brasil) - Portuguese (Brazil); Português (Portugal) - Portuguese (Portugal); Română - Romanian; Runasimi - Quechua; Sesotho sa Leboa - Northern Soto; Setswana - Tswana; Shqip - Albanian; Slovenčina - Slovak; Slovenščina - Slovenian; Srpski - Serbian (Latin); Suomi - Finnish; Svenska - Swedish; Tiếng Việt - Vietnamese; Türkçe - Turkish; Türkmen dili - Turkmen; Wolof - Wolof; Ελληνικά - Greek; Беларуская - Belarusian; Български - Bulgarian; Кыргызча - Kyrgyz; Қазақ тілі - Kazakh; Македонски - Macedonian; Монгол - Mongolian; Русский - Russian; Српски (ћирилица, Босна и Херцеговина) - Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina); Српски (ћирилица, Србија) - Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia); Татар - Tatar; Тоҷикӣ - Tajik; Українська - Ukrainian; ქართული - Georgian; Հայերեն - Armenian; עברית - Hebrew; ئۇيغۇرچە - Uyghur; اردو - Urdu; العربية - Arabic; پنجابی - Punjabi (Arabic); سنڌي - Sindhi (Arabic); فارسی (افغانستان) - Persian (Afghanistan); فارسی (ایران) - Persian (Iran); کوردیی ناوەندی - Sorani Kurdish; ትግርኛ - Tigrinya; አማርኛ - Amharic; कोंकणी - Konkani; नेपाली - Nepali; मराठी - Marathi; हिन्दी - Hindi; অসমীয়া - Assamese; বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ) - Bangla (Bangladesh); বাংলা (ভারত) - Bangla (India); ਪੰਜਾਬੀ - Punjabi; ગુજરાતી - Gujarati; ଓଡ଼ିଆ - Odia; தமிழ் - Tamil; తెలుగు - Telugu; ಕನ್ನಡ - Kannada; മലയാളം - Malayalam; සිංහල - Sinhala; ไทย - Thai; ລາວ - Lao; ខ្មែរ - Khmer; ᏣᎳᎩ - Cherokee; 한국어 - Korean; 中文 (简体) - Chinese (Simplified); 中文 (繁體) - Chinese (Traditional); 日本語 - Japanese;
Update method	Windows Update; Windows Server Update Services;
Supported platforms	IA-32, x86-64, ARM64
Kernel type	Hybrid (Windows NT kernel)
Userland	Native API; Windows API; .NET Framework; Universal Windows Platform; Windows Subsystem for Linux; NTVDM (IA-32 only)
Default; user interface	Windows shell (graphical)
License	Trialware, Microsoft Software Assurance, MSDN subscription, Microsoft Imagine
Preceded by	Windows 8.1 (2013)
Succeeded by	Windows 11 (2021)
Official website	Windows 10 (archived at Wayback Machine)
Support status
	Unsupported as of October 14, 2025; ; Paid and Free Extended Security Updates (ESU):; Supported until October 12, 2027, for consumers; Supported until at most October 10, 2028,; for businesses and schools; See § Extended Security Updates for details. ; Exceptions exist until at most January 13, 2032,; See § Support lifecycle for details.

Windows 10 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. The successor to Windows 8.1, it was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015, became generally available on July 29, 2015,^[16] and was a free upgrade to users of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Its server counterparts are Windows Server 2016, 2019, and 2022. It was succeeded by Windows 11 in October 2021.^[17]

In contrast to the tablet-oriented approach of its predecessor, Windows 10 returned to a desktop-oriented interface in line with previous versions of Windows and reintroduced the Start menu. Other features included the Cortana virtual assistant, Task View and virtual desktops, Action Center, biometric authentication through Windows Hello, an improved Settings component, Xbox Live integration, and DirectX 12. Also, Microsoft Edge was introduced, deprecating Internet Explorer. Unlike previous NT releases, Windows 10 received free feature updates on an ongoing basis.^{[note 5]} Alternatively, enterprise environments can use long-term support milestones that receive only critical and security updates.^[18]^[19] An ARM version of Windows 10 was released in 2018.^[20]

Windows 10 received generally positive reviews. Praise was given to the return of the desktop interface, improved bundled software compared to Windows 8.1, and other capabilities, while criticism was directed at behavioral changes such as mandatory

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