Microsoft shuts down Windows 10 Beta Channel just five months after reopening

What you need to know

• Earlier this year, Microsoft reopened the Insider Beta Channel for Windows 10 users to test new features supported from Windows 11.
• Now, just five months later, the company has announced that it will be shutting down the Beta Channel on Windows 10 once again.
• Microsoft will continue to push Windows 10 builds to the Release Preview channel, which Beta Channel Insiders can switch to now.

Last year Microsoft made a surprising announcement Commitment to bringing new features and experiences to Windows 10 Users who are less than two years away from the operating system’s availability End of life in 2025. Now, less than a year before Windows 10 is due to be dusted off, Microsoft has announced that the Insider Beta Channel, which it reopened to test these new features, has once again been shut down.

Microsoft relaunched the Beta Channel for Windows 10 earlier this year After initially shutting it down in favor of Windows 11 preview testing in 2022. The purpose of the reopening was to test supported Windows 11 features like the new Windows Copilot and other minor additions. Now, just five months later, that channel is shutting down once again, with Microsoft confirming that it will no longer be releasing Beta Channel builds for Windows 10.