Soon the Windows 11 Stable build released, people who were using Windows insider started switching to the stable build of the Windows 11. Switching to the stable build became easier after the release of the public build.
Switching to Windows Insider Preview build to stable build will stop the Windows Insider Preview build update and unenroll your device from the Windows Insider program. For that, you would have to follow the below steps:
- Ppen Win+ I to open settings and click Windows Update from the left,
- There, you will find Windows Insider Program,
- Click on it and then click Stop getting preview builds to stop getting Windows Insider Program update.
But, before doing that, you should go to the Windows Insider channel settings. You know that there are three different channel settings available in Windows Insider Program -Dev, Beta and Release Preview channel. You would have to choose between those three channels to receive the insider Preview builds.
When you click on the Stop getting preview builds option in the method discussed above on how to unenroll Windows 11, you would have been provided with two options:
- Unenroll this device when the next version of Windows releases
For some users, this option is greyed out. If this is happening so with your case, this means that you are in the Dev Channel. Dev channel users can’t switch to the stable build. Only beta or release preview channel members enable this feature.
- Unenroll this device immediately
Unenroll this device immediately is an option for the dev users. If you are using this channel, use this channel. It will help you to take to the page that shows how to reinstall Windows.
To unenroll your device properly, you need to choose the first option and then turn on the toggle button. This will stop the insider preview builds updates till the next major update. However, quite recently, many a user reported an issue where the Unenroll this device is greyed out in Windows 11.
They find difficulties in unenrolling the device to the next version of the Windows release option. This option is greyed out. Below, we have provided you the possible troubleshot steps that you should follow to get its fix.
Fixes for unenroll this device immediately windows 11 greyed out
Dev channel users are the ones that encounter this problem especially. If you are one and you can’t able to use this option, you need to change the Windows Insider Channel Settings. The process is very easy. Open settings, click on Windows Update> Window Insider Program> Change your Insider Settings.
Under the settings, choose between beta or release preview channel. When you make the selection, you have to open Stop getting Preview builds option and select Unroll this device when the next version of windows releases option.
If you find that this option is greyed out, you should follow the below steps:
- Press Win+ R, type in Regedit and hit Enter to open Registry Editor console,
- Navigate to the below path:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\UI\Selection
- From the left, click on Selection registry key and select String Value named UIBranch on the right,
- Double-click on the UI Branch Strign value and enter the following value data,
UIBranch – Beta
You see the ReleasePreview vale data previously. Delete it and enter the said one.
- Now, navigate to the below path:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsSelfHost\Applicability
- From the left, click on Applicability and from the right enter the following value data in the below string values:
Set the BranchName value to Beta
Set the ContentType to Mainline
Change the Ring String value to External
- Once done, click OK and close the registry editor and restart the device.
- After the restart, open Windows Settings> Windows insider Program and under it select your insider settings to see the Beta channel as your default insider channel.
- Once the change to the Windows insider channel settings is made, go to the stop getting preview bulds option and choose Unenroll this device when the next version of the Windows releases option and turn its toggle ON.
Conclusion
That’s it! We have provided the complete guide how to fix Unenroll this device is greyed out in Windows 11 issue. Windows related issues are common and so you need some automatic tool to deal with such situations automatically. Here is download link for one such tool named PC Repair Tool.
