How to Join the Windows Insider Program: Beta, Dev, Canary and Release Preview
Nov. 26, 2024Microsoft offers a Windows Insider Program for enthusiasts and power users to test new Windows features and provide feedback on upcoming changes. Recently, Microsoft releasedRecall AI to Insidersin the Dev channel before a general release. So if you want to be on the cutting edge to experience new features, here is how to join the Windows Insider Program. We have also added steps to roll back to the stable build.
Join the Windows Insider Program
Before we move to the steps, there are a few points you must know. If you are on the Release Preview or Beta channel, you can easily move back to the stable build without performing a clean installation.
However, you will keep receiving preview builds until the next major release of Windows rolls out to the public. If you don’t want to wait that long then you will have toperform a clean installation of Windowsto roll back to the stable build.
As for users in the Dev and Canary, you can’t unenroll your PC from preview builds. The only way is to manually clean-install Windows and move back to the stable build. With all that said, here is how you can leave the Windows Insider Program.
So this is how you can join the Windows Insider Program to play with upcoming Windows 11 features. Note that Microsoft tests new features and experiences in the Insider channels, but sometimes they do not make it to the final stable build. Also, Dev and Canary channels tend to be more prone to bugs that may result in an unstable experience so don’t make a switch on your primary PC, unless you have made a backup.
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