Thank you for helping. So I signed up with the windows insider program, signed up for the Windows 11 beta, and my machine says it's "up to date", but I have not received an update to get Windows 11's Beta.

Windows 11 hasn't yet hit the Beta Channel. It's in the Dev Channel right now. If you want Windows 11 Insider Program you'll have to go into Dev or at least try to go into Dev Channel. Dev gives you earlier access to builds that come before Beta, but can sometimes be buggy, glitchy, or can be unstable builds at times as the builds haven't yet hit Beta Channel. However unlike Beta once you're in Dev you can't exit the Insider Program or go back down to Beta Channel or the Release Preview Channel unless you do a Windows 10 clean install. You can go Release Preview to/or Beta and/or to Dev, but you can't go from Dev to Beta or Release Preview. Eventually Windows 11 will hit Beta, but at the time of this post it's still in Dev Channel builds. Here's more information about Dev vs Beta to help you decide which channel of Windows Insider Program might be best for you: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-insider/flighting

If you're presently in Beta Channel, you can just stay in Beta and wait for Windows 11 to eventually arrive to Beta Channel in which case your Windows Update will just update you to the Windows 11 Beta. I'm not sure when it'll reach Beta Channel...I hear sometime this summer. But, it'll eventually arrive to Beta. Windows 11 won't be in the Release Preview Channel as that's staying Windows 10 updates. You can exit Beta if you like and try again in Beta later on or exit Beta and just wait for the general stable release (if you're computer meets the system requirements) or stay in Beta and just wait for Windows 11 to arrive to Beta and your computer to do a Windows Update at that point in time.

If you're just joining the Insider Program from Windows 10 or coming out of Windows 10 Beta to Windows 11 Dev, you have ten days to go back to Windows 10 without clean install. It'll simply roll you back to Windows 10 as if you never left (any changes made or files added while on Windows 11 won't come with you) and it should show you as being in Beta again (because you rolled back before you joined Dev). However, you only have ten days. If you just went from Windows 10 to Windows 11 it starts as soon as you updated over. After ten days you can't go back without a clean reinstall of the full version of Windows 10. To do this go to Settings, Windows Updates, Advanced Options, Recovery, Go Back and click that option and it should allow you to revert back to Windows 10 without clean install. This will allow you to roll back to Windows 10 where you left off before upgrading if you just came from Windows 10. HOWEVER if you're not sure yet and want to play around with Windows 11 for a day or two in the mean time do not use Disk Cleanup to remove any files that references Windows Updates or Old Windows Files, and do not delete the file "windows.old" from your C drive. If you delete windows.old from C drive and/or disk cleanup any Windows Update or Old Windows files even an hour after upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 than you won't be able to roll back even within the ten days. After ten days the files will delete themselves. You can also do what you mentioned. Stay in Dev into Windows 11 comes out in full general release later this year. Then find the full Win 11 ISO on Microsoft website and clean install out of Dev with the new full general version of Windows 11 just as you would if you were in Windows 10 Dev and wanted out of Dev or Insider Program and cleaned install full version of Windows 10. From there you can stay in non-insider program version or simply go back into Beta. Dev builds usually come out every week (around Wednesday or Thursday), so make sure your Windows Update is on automatic. To see what build of Windows 11 Dev you're on go to run and type in winver. Each new build works to fixes reported bugs, glitches, and comes with any new added features to Windows 11 that's being tested out.

Also don't forget to get the Feedback Hub app. It should already be on your Windows 10/11 under all apps of your start menu. But if not you can get it from the Microsoft Store. This is where you can read people's reports of any issues they're having with Windows 11 builds or bugs or whatever or see any suggestions people are making and you can report on it too. You can also talk to other Windows 11 users to about current builds or features you like or want to suggest. You should already have it on your Windows but if not this is it: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/feedback-hub/9nblggh4r32n?activetab=pivot:overviewtab And if you're really like being a Windows Insider you can go into the Edge (browser) Canary, Dev, or Beta channels too (it'll work on Windows 11 and will work separate from your regular Edge browser): More info: https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download If not, then you're Edge will be the standard general release one that came with your Windows 11. Internet Explorer has been removed from Windows 11.

If your computer meets the requirements for Windows 11 and you're in the Beta Channel already getting Windows 11 beta builds, then you'll continue to get the the beta builds of Windows 11 even after the stable general version is released to the public. If you no longer want the beta builds of Windows 11 and just want the general stable release version of Windows 11 after it's released then you'll go in and unenroll via Windows Update / Windows Insider Program settings in which case the next time a major release build of Windows 11 comes out you'll stop receiving beta builds after that and be out of the Insider Program, and on just the general release version without having to uninstall. This is only for Beta Channel though. Dev Channel you'll have to do a clean install to get out of Insider Program back into general release version. Here's a picture of that screen option from my own computer which explains it (it says Windows 10 because we aren't yet on Windows 11 in beta or general release.) The reason it's grayed out for me is because I'm in the Dev Channel. After ten days of going from Windows 10 to Windows 11 you won't be able to go back to Windows 10 without a clean install no matter what insider channel you're on.

Am not receiving Windows 11 beta update

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Joe_Maria2280
Copper Contributor
Aug 12, 2021
Davis Valencia - i responded to you - listen friend - windows insider - then dev channel- you will receive the update- i would also recommend once you have your win 11 installed - you check off the beta channel and join that - remember change your preference to the dev channel first - when you are up and running go to beta
- SkyJohn
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 13, 2021
  Thanks.
Joe_Maria2280
Copper Contributor
Aug 12, 2021
Hi sign up for the Dev Channel - get the current build and then go back to the Beta channel -
- SkyJohn
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 12, 2021
  That's what I did. Joe_Maria2280
jeklopf
Copper Contributor
Aug 12, 2021
No windows here either. I got a Windows Insider message a couple of weeks ago when I checked why I wasn't getting Windows 11. Message said my PC needed a TPM module. I finally was able to get one from MSI and installed it. I also turned on secure boot which also seemed to be needed. That was about 2 weeks ago and still no Windows 11. After I installed the TPM module an update did take me to Windows 10 21H2. Would love to see Windows 11. I did a chat session that I believed was with Windows 11 support team but turned out it wasn't. They told me there really wasn't any support at this time and to just put in another feedback about my problem.
- SkyJohn
  Copper Contributor
  Aug 12, 2021
  That where I was also. Here’s what I did. I switched to Dev channel and the 11 update immediately showed up. After installing and checking updates till there were no more I then returned to Beta channel. They are at the same build right now so I’m guessing I’ll now receive beta updates and not Dev updates. It’s stable so far.
  - jeklopf
    Copper Contributor
    Aug 13, 2021
    SkyJohnI had just decided to wait it out and see what happened. So when I checked today a download pending was there for Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.22000.132 (co_release). Now just deciding if I want to install it in a virtual partition or not.
Anthony
Steel Contributor
Jul 15, 2021
Windows 11 hasn't yet hit the Beta Channel. It's in the Dev Channel right now. If you want Windows 11 Insider Program you'll have to go into Dev or at least try to go into Dev Channel. Dev gives you earlier access to builds that come before Beta, but can sometimes be buggy, glitchy, or can be unstable builds at times as the builds haven't yet hit Beta Channel. However unlike Beta once you're in Dev you can't exit the Insider Program or go back down to Beta Channel or the Release Preview Channel unless you do a Windows 10 clean install. You can go Release Preview to/or Beta and/or to Dev, but you can't go from Dev to Beta or Release Preview. Eventually Windows 11 will hit Beta, but at the time of this post it's still in Dev Channel builds. Here's more information about Dev vs Beta to help you decide which channel of Windows Insider Program might be best for you: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-insider/flighting
- sontopo98
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 20, 2021
  That's not totally correct, you can roll back to the last build.
- Mosoman1011
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 15, 2021
  Anthony What about when the Beta comes out, can I update to it then. If I can't- what about the release of Windows 11- Can I just use that?
  - Anthony
    Steel Contributor
    Jul 15, 2021
    Also check this link out for more information: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/06/24/preparing-for-insider-preview-builds-of-windows-11/

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