Can i go back from Insider Preview build to Stable without losing data/apps?

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  1. k3lt

    k3lt MDL Junior Member

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    If so how? When im running installation trying to do an "Upgrade" from inside Windows itself using USB or Media Creation Tool it tells me i cannot do it and to restart and run the installer from USB. (but there is no way of "Upgrading" without data loss)
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  2. GOD666

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    On previous older builds, it was possible to "trick" the system into performing a downgrade by running the setup.exe file located in your sources folder. Of course, there was no guarantee that this would result in a stable system, as whatever settings you would be importing into the older system was designed for the newer OS. I do not know if you can still do this, but if you plan to try, I would backup everything before you do.