How to see Installed Updates in Windows 10

This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to see Windows’s most recent updates installed on their computers.

Microsoft releases updates every month for your Windows computers. However, it’s not clear when each update was installed.

You might want to see the installed updates in Windows 10 for several reasons. Firstly, it can help you troubleshoot any issues you may be experiencing with your computer.

If a recent update has caused problems with your system, you can use the list of installed updates to identify and remove the problematic update. Additionally, seeing the installed updates can give you an idea of how up-to-date your system is and whether there are any updates that you may have missed.

Finally, if you are interested in the technical details of your system, viewing the installed updates can give you an idea of which system components have been updated and when.

To get started with reviewing Windows updates, follow the steps below:

Windows Settings

The quickest way to get to the Windows settings pane is by clicking the small gear icon in the “Start” menu or pressing Windows + I on your keyboard.

In the Settings pane, click Update & Security.

Next, select Windows Update from the sidebar, then click View update history.

On the View update history page, you’ll see lists of installed updates sorted by category.

Category details:

• Feature Updates: New versions of Windows 10
• Quality Updates: Major updates to the Windows 10
• Driver Updates: Driver updates for your machines
• Definition Updates: Microsoft Defender anti-malware definitions updates.
• Other Updates: Miscellaneous updates

To expand each category, click on it.

Control Panel

You can also view recent updates by going to the Windows control panel. To get to the Windows control panel, click Start and search for Control Panel.

Then, navigate to Programs > Programs and Features and click “View installed updates.”

That should bring up a list of installed updates. You can quickly reach any of the updates and uninstall from there.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to view Windows’ most recent updates and install any of them.

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