# Microsoft rolls out Cloud Rebuild beta to reinstall Windows 11 from the cloud

_Friday, September 11, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT · Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Microsoft has begun rolling out Cloud Rebuild, a Windows 11 recovery feature that reinstalls the operating system by downloading a fresh image and required drivers through Windows Update, the company said.

The feature is available as a beta in Windows 11 Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9343 and is reached through the Windows Recovery Environment under Troubleshoot, then Recovery and uninstall. Microsoft says it restores a PC to a clean, known-good state without a USB drive or custom recovery image, and that WinRE can now reuse saved Wi-Fi profiles.

Cloud Rebuild wipes the system drive, removing local files, accounts, applications and settings. Microsoft says a wider release is expected later this year.

## Sources

- [Tom's Hardware](https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-can-now-reinstall-itself-from-the-cloud-cloud-rebuild-revives-dead-systems-without-secondary-boot-media-wipes-broken-installation-and-downloads-a-fresh-copy-of-the-os)

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