Is there any way to leave insider program without losing data

[Teberzin]

Hey,
I was using the win11 insider preview build. However, my boot screen is showing up too late and sometimes my hard disks get slower or freeze when I'm doing something in the explorer. Some said it's happening because I'm using the insider version so I want to leave the inside program however I don't want to lose my data.

P.S. I've already googled and looks like it's not possible but posts were outdated so I wanted to ask again to be sure since there might be an update for it.

[ItTakes2ToMango]

uh, what data are you trying to save? 

5 minutes ago, Teberzin said:

P.S. I've already googled and looks like it's not possible but posts were outdated so I wanted to ask again to be sure since there might be an update for it.

That's silly, can you not just put in on an external drive, reinstall windows, and take it back off the drive?

[Teberzin]

1 minute ago, ItTakes2ToMango said:

uh, what data are you trying to save? 

That's silly, can you not just put in on an external drive, reinstall windows, and take it back off the drive?

Basically, I just want to downgrade my operating system to win11 from the insider program. But looks like the only way is to format the PC which means I have to lose all my data such as log-in details, installed apps, etc. (I know it's possible to migrate to another disk however still operating disk still needs to identify some programs and data...)

[ItTakes2ToMango]

2 minutes ago, Teberzin said:

Basically, I just want to downgrade my operating system to win11 from the insider program. But looks like the only way is to format the PC which means I have to lose all my data such as log-in details, installed apps, etc. (I know it's possible to migrate to another disk however still operating disk still needs to identify some programs and data...)

Oh well, idk. There might be something you can do, but it feels like more of a hassle to figure it out then to just rip off the bandaid

This is why I keep a USB with the .exe installers for almost all of my third party apps

[SansVarnic]

All you need to do is opt out and the next time you get updates you should be removed. @GoodBytes sound about right? 

[GoodBytes]

You can opt-out of the Insider program via Settings panel. However, the build will expire soon (See Windows About panel to know expiry date).

 

Unless your built that you have is match the official build (a small window), a clean install would be required to get the official non-short-expiry build.