Windows 10 cumulative updates are released at least twice every month, and the updates include both security and non-security fixes. The monthly updates are downloaded and installed automatically in the background to provide quality improvements and important security fixes. Updates to servicing stack, security components are also installed without user's consent.
Installing Windows 10 updates isn’t always an easy thing to do and the process can often fail or end up breaking your PC. That's why it's useful to be able to see what updates are installed in the event you are trying to diagnose a problem or to make sure you are up to date.
In this Windows 10 guide, we will provide different ways that you can use to get a list of installed Windows 10 updates.
How to see the update history with the Settings appYou can verify the list of installed updates with Windows 10's Settings. To check if a specific update is applied, follow these steps:
1. Open
Start menu2. Go to
Settings3. Navigate to
Update & Security >
Windows Update4. Click on '
View update history'
In the Windows Update History page, you will now see a list of updates and when they were installed.
How to see the update history via the Control PanelOther updates such as Windows 10 Servicing Stack, Intel Microcodes and Visual Studio patches won't be listed on Windows Update page. As a result, you have to head over to the Control Panel to find the list of additional updates.
1. Open
Start menu/Cortana 2. Search for
Control Panel 3. In Control Panel, navigate to
Programs >
Programs and Features 4. Click on '
View Installed Updates' to see the full list of additional updates
5. You can also use the search bar and type KB number of an update to find it.
See your update history with Command Prompt and SystemInfoYou can also view the update history via the command prompt and the systeminfo command. This is useful if you wish to get a list of updates via a batch file.
1. Open
Search/Cortana 2. Search for '
cmd'
3. Open a
command prompt with admin privileges4. Type
systeminfo.exe and press
Enter5. Under the
Hotfix(s) section, you can find the list of Windows updates that you have installed on your device.
How to see use PowerShell to get a list of installed updatesFinally, you can use PowerShell to get a list of updates and to query for specific ones. This method is extremely useful for system administrators who may want to query what computers have a particular update installed.
1. Right-click
Start menu icon 2. Click on '
Windows PowerShell (Admin)'.
3. When the PowerShell prompt opens, type
Get-Hotfix and press
Enter to get a list of installed updates and their installation dates.
4. It is also possible to check if a particular update is installed by using the KB number as an argument. For example, the command
Get-Hotfix KB4505903 will check if the KB4497932 is installed.
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