How to Rollback Nvidia Drivers to Previous, More Stable Version

If you just updated your Nvidia GPU driver but for some reason the new driver won't play along with your specific GPU or you are experiencing issues with a specific game that used to work fine before, you might want to rollback your GPU driver to the last good version.

This article will give you a few short and easy steps you can follow to rollback your Nvidia GPU driver to its last stable version, on Windows 10.

You can rollback the GPU driver without using the specialized software provided by Nvidia, using entirely Windows 10 functionality built into the OS. To rollback to the last version used, do the following:

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   Open your start menu and type “device”, then click the “Device Manager” app icon that shows up.

2. In the device manager window, scroll until you find the category labelled “Display adapters”, then click on the plus symbol to expand it.

3. Select the discrete Nvidia GPU you are currently using as your main one, then right click it and select “Properties”.

4. In the properties window, click on the “Driver” tab.

5. In the driver tab, click the “Roll Back Driver” button. In the prompt that comes up, select any of the provided reasons for rolling back, then click “Yes”.

6. Wait for the process to finish.

Be aware that the driver rollback process will be a relatively lengthy one, regardless of your PC specifications, so please be patient while it completes. Once you can access the driver properties window again, you will know that the driver rollback has finished.

Of course, an alternative to this method is simply completely uninstalling the problematic version of the driver, then doing a clean install of the last known version that worked without issues on your specific setup.

In the majority of cases, the automated GPU driver rollback process of Windows 10 will not cause any issues and things will go smoothly, regardless of whether you use an Nvidia or an AMD GPU, but the complete uninstall and fresh install method is always there for you too.