Microsoft will end direct sales of digital Windows 10 licenses on January 31

Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 licenses through its own website at the end of this month. The company reports this on its website. This concerns the sale of digital Windows 10 Home and Pro licenses for consumers.

Microsoft writes on the product pages of Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro that it will stop selling these licenses this month, but that this will not affect support for the OS. “January 31, 2023 is the last day this Windows 10 download will go on sale,” the tech giant writes. The OS will be supported with security updates until October 14, 2025, the company emphasizes. Microsoft previously said that Windows 10 will continue to receive updates until that date.

The tech giant has been shifting its focus to Windows 11, the latest version of its desktop OS, for some time now. Microsoft released Windows 11 in October 2021 and began selling individual Windows 11 licenses to consumers in the middle of last year. At the moment, Windows 10 Home and Pro cost 145 and 259 euros respectively via Microsoft’s web store. Their Windows 11 counterparts are equally expensive.

Microsoft’s decision to stop selling its own Windows 10 licenses only applies to its own digital licenses. It does not apply to third-party sales of Windows 10 licenses.

The notification on Microsoft’s website