End of life / Windows / Windows 8
Windows Windows 8 end of life
Windows Windows 8 reached end of life on 12 January 2016, 3,890 days ago.
The detail
- Released
- 30 October 2012
- End of life
- 12 January 2016
- Countdown
- 3,890 days ago
- Status
- End of life
- Long term support
- No
- Newest build on this release
- 6.2.9200
- Newest release overall
- 10.0.28000
CVEs that reach Windows 8
CVEs affecting Windows are serviced by Windows Update rather than by changing the Windows version, so they are not listed here.
Where to move next
The newest tracked release is 10.0.28000.
Other Windows releases
- Windows 11 - 26H1
- Windows 11 - 25H2
- Windows 11 - 24H2
- Windows 11 - 23H2
- Windows 11 - 22H2
- Windows 11 - 21H2
- Windows 10 - 22H2
- Windows 10 - 21H2
- Windows 10 - 21H1
- Windows 10 - 20H2
- Windows 10 - 2004
- Windows 10 - 1909
- Windows 10 - 1903
- Windows 10 - 1809
- Windows 10 - 1803
- Windows 10 - 1709
- Windows 10 - 1703
- Windows 10 - 1607
- Windows 10 - 1511
- Windows 10 - 1507
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 7 - SP1
Vendor sources last checked 6 September 2026, and checked daily. This data last changed on 6 September 2026.
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