This post tells how to roll back Nvidia drivers Windows 10. Check the detailed guide for how to downgrade Nvidia GPU drivers in your Windows 10 computer. If you need a free data recovery software, hard drive partition manager, system backup and restore software, you can use MiniTool software.
If you meet problems after updating the Nvidia drivers in your Windows 10 computer, you can check how to roll back Nvidia drivers in Windows 10 in 3 simple steps below.
How to Roll Back Nvidia Drivers Windows 10 via Device Manager
You can use Windows built-in utility Device Manager to easily downgrade Nvidia drivers in Windows 10. Check the 3 simple steps below.
Step 1. Open Device Manger in Windows 10
You can press Windows + R to open Windows Run dialog, type devmgmt.msc in Run box, and press Enter to open Device Manager in Windows 10.
Step 2. Open Nvidia Graphics Card Properties Window
Next you can expand Display adapters category in Device Manager window, and right-click the target Nvidia graphics card device to select Properties.
Step 3. Roll Back Nvidia Drivers Windows 10
Then you can click Driver tab in Properties window, and click Roll Back Driver button.
If it pops up a window asking that “Are you sure you would like to roll back to the previously installed driver software?”, click Yes to confirm the driver downgrade action.
At last, you can restart your computer to make the changes to take effect.
After the Nvidia driver rollback process is completed, you can open Device Manager and access the Nvidia graphics driver Properties window again to check the driver version and driver date under Driver tab. If it decreases, then the Nvidia driver rollback process is successful.
This is the easy guide for how to roll back Nvidia Geforce GPU graphics drivers to previous old versions in Windows 10. Hope it helps.
How to Roll Back Nvidia Drivers Windows 10 in Safe Mode
If your computer encounters BSOD error and you can log in Windows 10 in normal mode, you can start Windows 10 in Safe Mode and then follow the guide above to revert back to old Nvidia drivers in Windows 10.
Bottom Line
Now you should know how to downgrade Nvidia GPU drivers in Windows 10. Need to mention that driver roll back only allows you to roll back a driver once since Windows only maintains a copy of the very recent version of the installed driver. Windows doesn’t keep all previously installed versions of device drivers.
If you can’t find any older versions to roll back the Nvidia driver, you can go to Nvidia driver download website or Nvidia Geforce Drivers website to manually download and install the desired version of the Nvidia driver.
If you want to update the Nvidia graphics driver, you can check: How to Update Device Drivers Windows 10 (2 Ways).
If your computer fails after updating the Nvidia driver and you lost some important data even if you successfully rolled back the Nvidia drivers, you can use MiniTool Power Data Recovery to easily recover lost data or any deleted files from Windows 10 computer. MiniTool Power Data Recovery helps you tackle different data loss situations and allows you to recover data from various storage devices incl. PC, external hard drive, SSD, USB, SD card, etc.
If you’ve created a system image for your Windows 10 computer like using MiniTool ShadowMaker, you can also easily restore system to a previous point to revert back to old versions of Nvidia driver. Before you perform the system restore, you should back up all important data beforehand.
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