windows end of life dates — full support timeline
34 of 47 tracked windows releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-26h1-e | 2026-02-10 | 2029-03-13 | 10.0.28000 | supported |
| 11-26h1-w | 2026-02-10 | 2028-03-14 | 10.0.28000 | supported |
| 11-25h2-e | 2025-09-30 | 2028-10-10 | 10.0.26200 | supported |
| 11-25h2-w | 2025-09-30 | 2027-10-12 | 10.0.26200 | supported |
| 11-24h2-iot-lts LTS | 2024-10-01 | 2034-10-10 | 10.0.26100 | supported |
| 11-24h2-e-lts LTS | 2024-10-01 | 2029-10-09 | 10.0.26100 | supported |
| 11-24h2-e | 2024-10-01 | 2027-10-12 | 10.0.26100 | supported |
| 11-24h2-w | 2024-10-01 | 2026-10-13 | 10.0.26100 | ends soon |
| 11-23h2-e | 2023-10-31 | 2026-11-10 | 10.0.22631 | ends soon |
| 11-23h2-w | 2023-10-31 | 2025-11-11 | 10.0.22631 | ended |
| 10-22h2 | 2022-10-18 | 2025-10-14 | 10.0.19045 | ended |
| 11-22h2-e | 2022-09-20 | 2025-10-14 | 10.0.22621 | ended |
| 11-22h2-w | 2022-09-20 | 2024-10-08 | 10.0.22621 | ended |
| 10-21h2-iot-lts LTS | 2021-11-16 | 2032-01-13 | 10.0.19044 | supported |
| 10-21h2-e-lts LTS | 2021-11-16 | 2027-01-12 | 10.0.19044 | ends soon |
| 10-21h2-e | 2021-11-16 | 2024-06-11 | 10.0.19044 | ended |
| 10-21h2-w | 2021-11-16 | 2023-06-13 | 10.0.19044 | ended |
| 11-21h2-e | 2021-10-04 | 2024-10-08 | 10.0.22000 | ended |
| 11-21h2-w | 2021-10-04 | 2023-10-10 | 10.0.22000 | ended |
| 10-21h1 | 2021-05-18 | 2022-12-13 | 10.0.19043 | ended |
| 10-20h2-e | 2020-10-20 | 2023-05-09 | 10.0.19042 | ended |
| 10-20h2-w | 2020-10-20 | 2022-05-10 | 10.0.19042 | ended |
| 10-2004 | 2020-05-27 | 2021-12-14 | 10.0.19041 | ended |
| 10-1909-e | 2019-11-12 | 2022-05-10 | 10.0.18363 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported windows release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/windows, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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