{"id":140228,"date":"2023-04-25T06:15:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T10:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/?p=140228"},"modified":"2023-04-25T08:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T12:05:55","slug":"rollback-driver-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/rollback-driver-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to roll back driver version on Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/windows-11\">Windows 11<\/a>, the &#8220;Roll Back Driver&#8221; is a feature that uninstalls the current hardware driver and restores the version previously installed on the computer.<\/p>\n<p>The feature comes in handy to restore the last known working version of the driver. Typically, when you manually install a driver update or an update installs automatically for specific hardware (graphics card, network adapter, camera, etc.) and ends up breaking the hardware or a particular feature.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/tag\/how-to\">guide<\/a> will teach you how to restore a previously working device driver on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<h2>Restore previous driver version on Windows 11<\/h2>\n<p>To roll back a driver to a previous version on Windows 11, use these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p>Open <strong>Start <\/strong>on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Search for <strong>Device Manager<\/strong> and click the top result to open the app.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Expand the category with the driver to roll back on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Right-click the adapter and select the <strong>Properties<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140232\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/device-manager-properties.webp?resize=781%2C572&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Device Manager properties\" width=\"781\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/device-manager-properties.webp?w=781&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 781w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/device-manager-properties.webp?resize=300%2C220&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/device-manager-properties.webp?resize=150%2C110&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Driver<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>&#8220;Roll Back Driver&#8221;<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-140233\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/windows-11-rollback-driver.webp?resize=400%2C455&#038;quality=78&#038;strip=all&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Windows 11 roll back driver\" width=\"400\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/windows-11-rollback-driver.webp?w=400&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/windows-11-rollback-driver.webp?resize=264%2C300&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pureinfotech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/windows-11-rollback-driver.webp?resize=132%2C150&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"tip-box\"><span><strong>Quick note:<\/strong> If the option is grayed out, the system doesn&#8217;t have a previous version of the driver.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Select a reason for rolling back the driver.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Click the <strong>Yes<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once you complete the steps, the older version of the driver will be restored, and the newer version will be removed. If the option to roll back is grayed out, it might be possible to download an older version of the controller from the manufacturer&#8217;s support website. If this is the case, you may need to remove the current driver and then use the manufacturer&#8217;s instructions to install the older version of the driver on Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p>These instructions are meant for Windows 11 but should also work on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a device driver isn&#8217;t working correctly after a recent update, use these steps to restore the previous version on Windows 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2426,23],"tags":[19,2715,2576],"class_list":["post-140228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-windows","tag-how-to","tag-windows-11","tag-windows-help"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to roll back driver version on Windows 11 - Pureinfotech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Windows 11, to roll back driver to previous version, open the hardware properties from Device Manager and click Roll Back Driver option.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/rollback-driver-windows-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to roll back driver version on Windows 11 - Pureinfotech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Windows 11, to roll back driver to previous version, open the hardware properties from Device Manager and click Roll Back Driver option.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pureinfotech.com\/rollback-driver-windows-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pureinfotech \u2022 Windows 10 &amp; 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