{"slug": "download-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft-without-the-media-creation", "title": "Download a Windows 10 ISO directly from Microsoft (without the media creation tool)", "summary": "The article explains how to download a Windows 10 ISO directly from Microsoft's website by using browser developer tools to enable mobile device emulation, which bypasses the need for the Media Creation Tool. It also provides an alternative link to fan-made mirrors for additional download options.", "body_md": "https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/software-download/windows10ISO, for VLC use: https://www.microsoft.com/Licensing/servicecenter/default.aspx Press F12 (This opens the developer options of your browser) Enable mobile device emulation (On Chrome, it's phone/tablet icon in the top-left of the dev tools pane) Refresh the page. (optional) https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php (fan-made mirrors) What you'll see now is the option to select your Windows version and language, and it'll download the ISO.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/download-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft-without-the-media-creation", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/ezracb/2532bec8a8148010527bcb55c2ec5975", "published_at": "2020-06-24 01:04:20+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-23 12:06:23.411643+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["products"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Windows 10", "Chrome", "VLC"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/download-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft-without-the-media-creation", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/download-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft-without-the-media-creation.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/download-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft-without-the-media-creation.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/download-a-windows-10-iso-directly-from-microsoft-without-the-media-creation.jsonld"}}