In the latest step in its years-long battle to get customers to upgrade to Windows 11, Microsoft has confirmed it will no longer be supporting Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 beginning October 14, 2025. “To use Microsoft 365 Applications on your device, you will need to upgrade to Windows 11," the company confirmed in a blog post.

Microsoft has confirmed it will no longer support Office apps referred to as Microsoft 365 apps on Windows 10 by the end of this year.

The apps will still work after Oct. 14, but users should be prepared for 'performance and reliability issues over time,' Microsoft says.

Microsoft says the Free Upgrade to Windows 11 is for a Limited Time only. You can still upgrade Windows 10 to Windows 11 for free now.

While Microsoft claims that Windows 11 is safer, sleeker, and future-proof, it has at times proven to be somewhat more unstable, and a recent shift in focus to implementing AI across the board isn't to everyone's taste, especially features like Microsoft Recall.

Although Microsoft is allowing people to keep using Windows 10 for another year, it won't be supporting Microsoft 365 apps during that time. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Microsoft posted on the Tech Community blog, once again urging Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11. The company has been nudging users in this direction for a while now, employing increasingly desperate tactics as statistics continue to show that Windows 11 adoption has plateaued worldwide.

If you're still running Windows 10 and you subscribe to Microsoft 365, your Microsoft 365 apps will cease to function on Oct. 14, 2025, according to an official Microsoft blog post. This will happen when Microsoft ends Windows 10 support,

Microsoft will end support for Microsoft 365 for Windows 10 this October, so you'll need to buy a new Windows 11 PC.

A blog post claiming that the free upgrade to Windows 11 was for a "limited time only" appears to have been a mistake.