How to View Windows 10 Update History

This practical guide walks through how to view Windows 10 update history, explains the main requirements, and highlights common issues that may appear along the way.

1. View Windows update history in Settings

Settings on Win 10 allow you to control almost all of your computer's activities at all times.

Step 1: You proceed to open the Start Menu and select Settings to open settings on the computer.

Step 2: Then, you go to Update & Security .

Step 3: Next, you select the View Update History tab to view the update history on the computer.

Step 4: In the update history list, you will get a lot of information such as: Update name, date and time of update, version code, . Based on this information you can know the version. Windows 10 on the machine I use has an error or not.

2. View Windows update history using Command Prompt

Command Prompt is Windows command prompt and they provide a lot of different information if you know how to use test commands.

Step 1: You proceed to enter CMD in the Start Menu search bar and select Run as administrator to open.

Step 2: When the Command Prompt window appears, enter the following command and press Enter .

Systeminfo.exe

Step 3: When the command is run, go to Hotfix (s) to view the version code of the updates. You can look up the version code on Google for more details.

3. View Windows update history using Control Panel

Control Panel is the manager of Windows 10 and they let you know about recent Windows updates.

Step 1: Open the Control Panel by entering the name in the Start Menu.

Step 2: Then, you select Programs to view applications.

Step 3: Next, you select Programs and Features to view more information.

Step 4: Finally, choose View Installed Updates to see new Windows updates.

Step 5: This is a list of items updated by Windows 10, you will see all day of the update.

4. View Windows update history using Powershell

Powershell is a command prompt like the Command Prompt but they are more modern, more informative, and more powerful.

Step 1: You proceed to open the Start Menu , enter PowerShell and select Run as administrator to open it.

Step 2: Then, enter the following command and press Enter.

Get-Hotfix

Step 3: A list of updates will appear for you, if you need to look carefully, please pay attention to the Hotfix ID .

Step 4: You proceed to enter the command Get-Hotfix + Hotfix ID to see if they are installed or not.

Step 5: If the Description shows as Update , it means it has been updated.

In this article, Software Tricks showed you how to check for Windows 10 updates. Have a nice day!