Windows 11 finally gets a real undo button: Point-in-Time Restore explained

Microsoft made Point-in-Time Restore generally available on June 24, 2026 (via KB5095093). It's the feature System Restore always should have been: an automatic snapshot of your entire PC that you can roll back to in minutes.

Under the hood it uses the Volume Shadow Copy Service to capture a full snapshot once every 24 hours, and unlike the old System Restore it covers the operating system, your apps, your settings and your personal files. You trigger a rollback from the Troubleshoot menu in the Windows Recovery Environment. It's on by default on unmanaged Home and Pro PCs running 24H2 or later with a drive of 200 GB or more.

The catch is the retention window: snapshots are kept only 72 hours to save space. That makes it a brilliant "the last update wrecked my PC" button — but it is not a backup. If you delete a photo and notice three days later, it's gone.

The takeaway: enjoy Point-in-Time Restore for quick recovery, but layer a real backup on top for anything you can't afford to lose. Tendvane's new Backup section copies your Documents, Pictures and Desktop to a drive you choose, and its restore-point manager lets you snapshot on demand before risky changes.