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Build 28020.3382

Build 28020.3382: Windows Insider Beta Channel, October 2026. Search controls, Cloud rebuild drive erasure, and refreshed AutoPlay

In short

Search gets clearer results and web-suggestion controls, while Cloud rebuild adds drive erasure and remote setup. AutoPlay is refreshed; these changes are rolling out gradually to Beta Channel Insiders.

Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Program in the Beta Channel.

Build
28020.3382

This is a test build for people in the Windows Insider Program. Features in it can change, be removed, or never reach regular Windows releases.

What changes

Improvements 4 changes

Search

Gradual rollout 2 items

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • Search home has less visual clutter, so you can get back to recent searches more easily.1
  • Search makes it clearer whether a result is an app, setting, file, web result, or Store suggestion.2

AutoPlay

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • The updated AutoPlay dialog looks more consistent with Windows and supports dark mode. It keeps familiar actions, responds better to text size and display settings, and puts its notifications in Notification Center.3
    The experience is rebuilt with WinUI.

Windows design

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • Solid loading spinners are temporarily rolled back from boot, sign-in, restart, shutdown, and update screens while a bug is worked on.4
    The rollback affects the solid (donut) spinners in these Windows scenarios. Microsoft expects to resume the rollout soon.

New features 3 changes

Search

Gradual rollout

For: Insiders in the Beta Channel

  • A new setting lets you choose whether web and Store suggestions appear with local results.5
    Find the setting under Settings > Privacy & security > Search.

Cloud rebuild

Gradual rollout 2 items
  • Cloud rebuild can erase a PC's drives before reinstalling Windows. This option is irreversible; use it before recycling, returning, or reassigning the PC.6
    In WinRE, choose Remove & sanitize files to use the storage hardware's erase capability. Choose Remove files if keeping the PC.
  • IT admins can set up and start a Cloud rebuild remotely.7
    The Recovery CSP supports the currently installed build or a target build specified by the admin.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2026-10-30
Type
Windows Insider build
VersionBuildChannel
— 28020.3382 Beta Channel

Security

No vulnerabilities are listed for this update.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (7)
  1. 1. Search home has been simplified to reduce visual clutter and make it easier to get back to recent searches quickly. learn.microsoft.com
  2. 2. Search does a better job showing where a result comes from, whether it's an app, setting, file, web result, or Store suggestion, so it's easier to tell what you're looking at and where you'll go before you click. learn.microsoft.com
  3. 3. Rebuilt with WinUI, the refreshed experience is more consistent with the rest of Windows, supports dark mode, and continues to provide the familiar AutoPlay actions you use today. learn.microsoft.com
  4. 4. We are temporarily rolling back the solid (donut) spinners across some of the key Windows scenarios including Boot, Logon, Restart, Shutdown, and Update as we work on a bug. learn.microsoft.com
  5. 5. A new setting in Settings > Privacy & security > Search lets you choose whether web and Microsoft Store suggestions appear alongside local results. learn.microsoft.com
  6. 6. The sanitize option uses the storage hardware's erase capability to securely erase data before Windows is reinstalled and is irreversible. learn.microsoft.com
  7. 7. IT administrators can now configure and start a Cloud rebuild remotely through the Recovery CSP, using either the currently installed build or a target build you specify. learn.microsoft.com
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