Windows 10, version 1903

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Windows 10 May 2019 Update[1] (also known as version 1903[2] and codenamed "19H1"[3]) is the seventh major update to Windows 10 and the first to use a more descriptive codename (including the year and the order released) instead of the "Redstone"[4] or "Threshold" codename. It carries the build number 10.0.18362.

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Windows 10, version 1903
PredecessorWindows 10, version 1809
SuccessorWindows 10, version 1909
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The first preview was released to Insiders who opted in to the exclusive Skip Ahead ring on July 25, 2018. The update began rolling out on May 21, 2019.[5] Notable changes in the May 2019 Update include:[6][7]

  • A new "light theme"
  • Separation of Search and Cortana in the taskbar
  • Windows Sandbox (not available in Windows 10 Home)
  • Ability to pause updates for 35 days or under (incl. Windows 10 Home)
  • New default wallpaper
  • Recommended troubleshooting
  • Notifications hidden while in full-screen
  • DirectML

The update has reached the end of service on December 8, 2020.[8]

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Preview builds of Windows 10, version 1903
Version Release date(s) Highlights
10.0.18204
[3]
Skip ahead:
July 25, 2018
  • New Mixed Reality Flashlight feature
  • Added Emoji 11 support
  • Added leap second support and accuracy improvements (Precision Time Protocol, software time-stamping) for network time
  • Improvements to Microsoft Edge, Kiosk Setup, update experience and Game bar
10.0.18214
[9]
Skip ahead:
August 10, 2018
10.0.18219
[10]
Skip ahead:
August 16, 2018
10.0.18234
[11]
Skip ahead:
September 6, 2018
  • Added ink support for Microsoft To-Do
  • Updated Sticky Notes to version 3.0
  • New delay snip feature for Snip & Sketch (previously Screen Sketch)
  • Finalized dark theme for File Explorer
  • Updated emoji panel to support for search and tooltips for Emoji 11
  • Your Phone app is now pinned to the desktop for quicker access
  • Increased image size for clipboard history of up to 4MB
  • Removed XAML shadows and performance visualizations in Game Bar for maintenance
10.0.18237
[12]
Skip ahead:
September 12, 2018
  • Added acrylic element to Windows sign-in screen background
  • Rebranded Microsoft Apps on Android as Your Phone Companion app
  • New Group Policy for preventing the use of security questions on local accounts
10.0.18242
[13]
Skip ahead:
September 18, 2018
10.0.18247
[14]
Skip ahead:
September 26, 2018
10.0.18252
[15]
Fast ring:
October 3, 2018
  • Added advanced Ethernet IP settings in Settings app
  • New icon for disconnected internet
  • New Windows Ebrima font with Adlam, N'Ko, Osmanya, Tifinagh and Vai writing system support
  • New microphone icon in the system tray which appears when microphone is in use
  • Improvements to Registry Editor for expanding the autocomplete dropdown by pressing F4 to move the caret to the end of the address bar
  • Added ability to show the corresponding Ethernet adapter name in the sidebar
  • Introduced extra pages in the Emoji Panel in more languages
10.0.18262
[16]
Fast ring:
October 17, 2018
  • New DPI Awareness column in Task Manager
  • Added ability to uninstall pre-installed Windows 10 inbox apps
  • Improvements to Troubleshooting and Narrator
10.0.18267
[17]
Fast ring:
October 24, 2018
  • Improvements to Input and Accessibility
  • New enhanced mode for search indexing
10.0.18272
[18]
Fast ring:
October 31, 2018
  • Improvements to Input and Accessibility
  • Redesigned sign-in options for Windows Hello in Settings app
  • Performance improvements to Spectre mitigations[19]
10.0.18277
[20]
Fast ring:
November 7, 2018
  • New options in Settings app
    • Focus assist option
    • "Fix scaling" option for high DPI desktop applications (enabled by default)
  • Improvements to Action Center
  • Added Emoji 12 support
  • New Application Guard for Microsoft Edge setting for managing access to the camera and microphone in Windows Security
  • Redesigned Japanese IME
10.0.18282
[21]
Fast ring:
November 14, 2018
  • New light theme and default wallpaper
  • New window snip mode for Snip & Sketch
  • Improvements to modern printing experience and Narrator
  • Updated Windows Update
  • Optimized display brightness behavior when transitioning from a battery charger to battery power
  • Added dark theme to OneDrive flyout
10.0.18290
[22]
Fast ring:
November 28, 2018
  • Fluent Design System elements in power and user menus in Start menu and taskbar jump lists
  • New manual clock synchronization option in Settings app
  • New microphone icon in taskbar with new reminding mechanism
  • Improvements to Search and Cortana experiences
  • New Windows Update notifications
  • Added LEDBAT support in uploads to Delivery Optimization peers on the same LAN
  • Reverted the redesigned Japanese IME to the retail version for maintenance
10.0.18298
[23]
Fast ring:
December 10, 2018
  • New security key setup in sign-in options in Settings app
  • Improvements to File Explorer
    • New File Explorer icon
    • Updated the default sorting for Downloads folder
  • Improvements to Windows Notepad
    • Added support for UTF-8 encoding without a BOM
    • New modified indicator
    • New Send Feedback option
    • Added support of additional shortcuts
    • Added support for opening or saving files with a path that is longer than 260 characters
  • New Terminal tab in properties page of any Console window[24]
  • Improvements to Start menu, touch keyboard, Narrator, Ease of Access and Windows 10 Setup experience
  • New Windows Update indicator on Power button in Start menu
10.0.18305
[25]
Fast ring:
December 19, 2018
  • Simplified default Start layout
  • New Windows Sandbox feature
  • Improvements to Windows Security
    • Revamped protection history experience
    • New tamper protection feature
  • Added symbols and kaomoji support in emoji panel
  • Updated clipboard history UI
  • Added support for setting up and signing in to Windows without passwords through Microsoft phone number accounts
  • Streamlined Windows Hello PIN reset experience
  • Finalized recommended troubleshooting feature in Settings app
  • New Automatic Restart and Sign On (ARSO) feature for certain Cloud Domain Joined devices
  • Added support for setting default tab in Task Manager
  • Updated Settings homepage
  • New friendly dates format in File Explorer
  • Re-introduced Fluent Design shadow elements and redesigned Japanese IME
  • New Microsoft Office app
  • Integrated to-do lists across Cortana, Microsoft To-Do and Microsoft Outlook
10.0.18309
[26]
Fast ring:
January 3, 2019
  • Improvements to Narrator and Ease of Access
10.0.18312
[27]
Fast ring:
January 9, 2019
10.0.18317
[28]
Fast ring:
January 16, 2019
  • Decoupled Cortana and search in the taskbar
  • Reliability improvements to Start
  • New drag and drop installation method for font files in Settings app
  • Simplified Windows Insider Program settings
  • Improvements to Windows Console
10.0.18323
[29]
Fast ring:
January 24, 2019
  • Improved raw image format support
  • Improvements to light theme
  • Reverted the redesigned Japanese IME to the retail version for maintenance
10.0.18329
[30]
Fast ring:
February 1, 2019
10.0.18334
[31]
Fast ring:
February 8, 2019
  • Improvements to Narrator
10.0.18342
[32]
Fast ring:
February 20, 2019

Slow ring:
February 27, 2019

  • Improvements related to gaming experience
  • Added support for directly accessing Linux subsystem files in a Windows Subsystem for Linux distro through File Explorer[33]
  • Improvements to WSL command line interface (wsl.exe) capability[33]
  • Improvements to Windows Sandbox[34]
10.0.18343
[35]
Fast ring:
February 22, 2019
10.0.18346
[36]
Fast ring:
February 26, 2019
10.0.18348
[37]
Fast ring:
March 1, 2019
  • Added full support for Emoji 12
10.0.18351
[38]
Fast ring:
March 5, 2019

Slow ring:
March 11, 2019

10.0.18353
[39]
Fast ring:
March 8, 2019
10.0.18356
[40]
Fast ring:
March 12, 2019

Slow ring:
March 15, 2019

10.0.18358
[41]
Fast ring:
March 15, 2019
10.0.18361
[42]
Fast ring:
March 19, 2019
  • Improvements to Game Mode
10.0.18362
[43]
Fast ring:
March 20, 2019

Slow ring:
March 22, 2019

10.0.18362.30
[43][44]
Fast and slow ring:
April 4, 2019

Release preview:
April 8, 2019

10.0.18362.53
[43][45]
Fast ring, slow ring and release preview:
April 9, 2019
10.0.18362.86
[43][46]
Fast ring:
April 26, 2019

Slow ring and release preview:
May 1, 2019

10.0.18362.113
[43][47]
Slow ring and release preview:
May 14, 2019
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Public patches of Windows 10, version 1903
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10.0.18362.116
Version 1903
[43][48]
KB4505057 Slow ring and release preview:
May 19, 2019

Public release:
May 21, 2019

10.0.18362.145
[43][49]
KB4497935 Slow ring and release preview:
May 24, 2019

Public release:
May 29, 2019

10.0.18362.175
[50]
KB4503293 Slow ring, release preview and public release:
June 11, 2019
10.0.18362.207
[51][52]
KB4501375 Release preview:
June 25, 2019

Public release:
June 27, 2019

10.0.18362.239
[53]
KB4507453 Release preview and public release:
July 9, 2019
10.0.18362.263
[54]
KB4505903 Release preview:
July 17, 2019
10.0.18362.264
[55]
Release preview:
July 19, 2019
10.0.18362.266
[56]
Release preview:
July 24, 2019
10.0.18362.267
[57][58]
Release preview:
July 25, 2019

Public release:
July 26, 2019

10.0.18362.295
[59]
KB4512508 Release preview and public release:
August 13, 2019
10.0.18362.325
[60]
KB4515530 Release preview:
August 22, 2019
10.0.18362.327
[61]
KB4512941 Release preview:
August 26, 2019
10.0.18362.329
[62][63]
Release preview:
August 29, 2019

Public release:
August 30, 2019

10.0.18362.356
[64]
KB4515384 Release preview and public release:
September 10, 2019
10.0.18362.357
[65]
KB4522016 Release preview and public release:
September 23, 2019
10.0.18362.385
[62]
KB4517211 Release preview:
September 23, 2019
10.0.18362.387
[62][66]
Release preview:
September 25, 2019

Public release:
September 26, 2019

10.0.18362.388
[62][67]
KB4524147 Release preview and public release:
October 3, 2019
10.0.18362.418
[62][68]
KB4517389 Release preview and public release:
October 8, 2019
10.0.18362.446
[69]
KB4522355 Release preview:
October 17, 2019
10.0.18362.448
[70]
Release preview:
October 18, 2019
10.0.18362.449
[71][72]
Release preview:
October 23, 2019

Public release:
October 24, 2019

10.0.18362.476
[73]
KB4524570 Release preview and public release:
November 12, 2019
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.535
[74]
KB4530684 Release preview and public release:
December 10, 2019
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.592
[75]
KB4528760 Release preview and public release:
January 14, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.628
[76]
KB4532695 Release preview and public release:
January 28, 2020
10.0.18362.657
[77]
KB4532693 Release preview and public release:
February 11, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.693
[78]
KB4535996 Release preview:
February 26, 2020

Public release:
February 27, 2020

10.0.18362.719
[79]
KB4540673 Release preview and public release:
March 10, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.720
[80]
KB4551762 Release preview and public release:
March 12, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.752
[81][82]
KB4541335 Release preview:
March 21, 2020

Public release:
March 24, 2020

10.0.18362.753
[83]
KB4554364 Release preview and public release:
March 30, 2020
10.0.18362.778
[84]
KB4549951 Release preview and public release:
April 14, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.815
[85]
KB4550945 Public release:
April 21, 2020
10.0.18362.836
[86]
KB4556799 Public release:
May 12, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.900
[87]
KB4560960 Public release:
June 9, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.904
[88]
KB4567512 Public release:
June 16, 2020
10.0.18362.959
[89]
KB4565483 Public release:
July 14, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.997
[90]
KB4559004 Public release:
July 21, 2020
10.0.18362.1016
[91]
KB4565351 Public release:
August 11, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.1049
[92]
KB4566116 Public release:
August 20, 2020
10.0.18362.1082
[93]
KB4574727 Public release:
September 8, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.1110
[94]
KB4577062 Public release:
September 16, 2020
10.0.18362.1139
[95]
KB4577671 Public release:
October 13, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.1171
[96]
KB4580386 Public release:
October 20, 2020
10.0.18362.1198
[97]
KB4586786 Public release:
November 10, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
10.0.18362.1199
[98]
KB4594443 Public release:
November 19, 2020
10.0.18362.1237
[99]
KB4586819
10.0.18362.1256
[100]
KB4592449 Public release:
December 8, 2020
This update is no longer available from Windows Update, Microsoft Update Catalog or other release channels since August 5, 2021.
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