{"id":10015,"date":"2017-08-31T13:25:18","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=10015"},"modified":"2017-08-31T13:25:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:25:18","slug":"view-or-clear-update-history-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/view-or-clear-update-history-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to View or Clear Update History in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I find out which updates I have installed in Windows 10? When performing a manual or automatic update in Windows 10, the system keeps track of installed and failed updates for your review. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to view or clear update history in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1: View Update History in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app. Click <strong>Update &amp; Security<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/update-security.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"417\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10020\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8220;<strong>View installed update history<\/strong>&#8221; link located under the <strong>Windows Update<\/strong> tab.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/windows-update-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10016\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>The update history shows the list of updates installed on your PC. You can find out which update was installed successfully or it failed along with date.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/view-installed-update-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"541\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10017\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Part 2: Clear Update History in Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you think the update history is not useful, you can remove it from Windows 10. <strong>Note<\/strong>: Clearing update history will only remove your history log, and it won&#8217;t uninstall your installed updates.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-command-prompt-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Command Prompt<\/a> (or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-ways-to-run-powershell-as-administrator-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">PowerShell<\/a>) as Administrator.<\/li>\n<li>Type <strong>net stop wuauserv<\/strong> at the Command Prompt and hit Enter to stop the Windows Update service.<\/li>\n<li>Copy and paste the following command and hit Enter. It will delete the log file that stores your Windows update history.\n<p><code>del \"%systemroot%\\SoftwareDistribution\\DataStore\\Logs\\edb.log\"<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/delete-windows-update-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"311\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10018\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Congratulations! You have cleared your Windows Update history. Type <strong>net start wuauserv<\/strong> and press Enter to start the Windows Update service again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I find out which updates I have installed in Windows 10? When performing a manual or automatic update in Windows 10, the system keeps track of installed and failed updates for your review. 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