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Leoleei
Oct 20, 2025Iron Contributor
Why keep files and apps option greyed out when upgrading to Windows 11
Hi everyone, I'm trying to upgrade my PC to Windows 11, but during the setup process, the Keep personal files and apps is greyed out when upgrading Windows . I don't lost any file and apps during W...
Brookesnoe
Oct 20, 2025Iron Contributor
There are a couple of reasons why the keep personal files and apps is greyed out during windows 11 upgrade. And you can follow the steps in this post to fix the issue.
https://www.devshowto.com/keep-apps-files-for-windows-11-upgrade
This means there is no data loss for Windows 11 upgrade from Windows 10.