For some reasons, you might want to downgrade Windows 10 Pro to Home.
Here Reviews of Jay team has prepared a guide on how to do that safely.
The main reason is, sometimes the Windows will automatically upgrade your version.
But in that case, the Windows Home key will not be valid for Windows 10 Pro anymore.
Generally, you might need to buy a new key for your upgraded Windows 10 Pro to activate it. But as you already have an activation key for Windows 10 Home edition, you may need to downgrade your Windows version to Home edition again.
Is Windows 10 Pro Better Than 10 Home?
Windows operating system comes in two versions. Those are Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro.
As you can guess by the name, Windows 10 Pro has more features compared to Windows 10 Home version. However, that Windows 10 Home edition has enough features for most users’ needs.
What Can You Expect With Windows 10 Home?
That is the basic version of Windows 10. You can see several new features in this version including the revamped start menu. Also, you will get the full version of Cortana. It is a digital assistant previously available only on Windows phones.
Also, you will get the features like Battery Saver, TPM support and Windows hello ( Microsoft new biometrics security feature)
What Do You Get With Windows 10 Pro?
Generally, you will get all the features of Home edition in Windows 10 Pro edition too. Apart from that, you will get connectivity and privacy tools such as Domain Join, Group Policy Management, Bitlocker, Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer (EMIE), Assigned Access 8.1, Remote Desktop, Client Hyper-V, and Direct Access.
Other Windows Versions Available on the Market
Also, you can see some different Windows versions other than the versions mentioned above. For example, Windows 10 mobile and Windows 10 mobile Enterprise. As the name suggests, those two variations are for Windows mobile devices.
Why Do You Need to Downgrade Your Windows Version
As I have said early in this article, you will need separate keys for different versions of Windows. Guess that you had an activated Windows 10 Home version and suddenly it got upgraded to Windows 10 Pro. But in that case, you will need a key for Windows 10 Pro if you want to activate it.
But the problem is, those keys are not cheap. So the best option is to downgrade your Pro edition to Home edition again since you have a valid key for Home edition.
How to Downgrade Windows 10 Pro to Home
Here is a step by step guide with pictures to safely downgrade windows 10 pro to home again without losing your personal files.
Step 01
The first and most important thing is to backup your data. If something goes wrong, you will lose all your data. So take this seriously. Make a backup of your data before doing anything.
Step 02
The second important thing is to make sure that you have a valid licence key for Windows 10 Home edition. Because you can’t use any other Windows version key for Windows 10 Home version.
Step 03
Go to search and type Regedit there. Then run it as administrator. The registry editor will open.
Step 04
Then go to the “Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion”.
Step 05
Look for the Product name. It should say Windows 10 Pro. Now what you need to do is to double click on it and change the name to Windows 10 Home. Click OK
Step 06
Then go to EditionID, and you can see it says, Professional. Double click on it and change the value to Core. Click OK
Step 07
But we need to do more changes to the registry. So close the current path and move to the next path.
Step 08
Next, follow this path. Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Step 09
Again on the right-hand side pan what you need to is to do the same what you did in the previous step.
Step 10
Change the Product name to Windows 10 Home and EditionID to Core.
Step 11
Now close the registry editor.
Step 12
Now you need to download the media creation tool. To do that go to Google and search for media creation tool. From the Microsoft site, you can download the media creation tool.
Step 13
Open it after downloading it.
Step 14
Wait until it opens.
Step 15
Click Accept for Microsoft software license terms. This is important.
Step 16
From the next screen, select the option “ Create installation media (USB flash drive, DVD, or ISO file) for another PC”. Click next
Step 17
Tick the option “Use the recommended options for this PC”. Click next.
Step 18
Select the ISO file and click next.
Step 19
Next, it will ask a location to save the file. Just select your desired place to save it. For example “My documents”. It will take some time to create the ISO file.
Step 20
Here you can burn this ISO file to a DVD. You have two options you can do here.
Either you can burn this ISO file to a DVD, and you can use it to install the Windows again, or you can mount this ISO image to a virtual drive.
You have the freedom to do whatever you like.
Step 21
Then you need to open the setup file from the mounted image or from the DVD you inserted.
Step 22
It will take some time to launch the Program.
Step 23
Then, from the next screen just select the option “ Not right now” and click next.
Step 24
Accept the license terms.
Step 25
There you will see that you are going to install Windows 10 Home and you will able to keep the files and apps unchanged.
Step 26
Click Install.
Step 27
Generally, it will take some time to complete the installation.
Step 28
Finally, check your version info after completing the installation Procedure.
Step 29
It will be Windows 10 Home.
Step 30
Please check your files before using the computer again.
Finally, I hope you got a decent knowledge about how to downgrade windows 10 pro to home from this article. Please share your thought below.
