| Uninstall an update
By Ed Bott
In theory, Windows 10 updates don't require any intervention on your part aside from the occasional restart. On rare occasions, however, you might find that an update (such as a cumulative reliability update or a device driver) causes serious problems and you need to roll it back temporarily while you search for a long-term solution.
Doing so is a two-step process.
First, go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update. Click View Update History, and then click Uninstall Updates to open the old-style Control Panel interface, where you can select the problematic update and then click Uninstall. (For serious compatibility problems, you might have to do this from Safe Mode.)
Second, use the prevent that specific update from automatically downloading and reinstalling after you restart. For that task, you need the "Show or hide updates" troubleshooter, which is available from https://bit.ly/show-hide-update. Run the troubleshooter, choose the Hide Updates option, and select the update you're temporarily suppressing.
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