Alienware Update and Dell Update End of Life (EoL) Announcement

Alienware Update and Dell Update End of Life (EoL) Announcement

Dell is discontinuing these applications as part of our product life cycle management, making way for improved solutions.
Dell is committed to supporting its latest technologies and applications, ensuring that users are provided with the latest features and security patches available.

Those who use Alienware Update and Dell Update after the End-of-Life date no longer receives updates and may experience security vulnerabilities and performance issues.

(Figure 1 - Dell Update Notification)

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Uninstalling these applications and replacing them with new solutions ensures best system performance and security.

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Dell Technologies recommends installing SupportAssist, a more advanced, and comprehensive solution for system updates and maintenance.

To ensure a seamless transition to the new solution, SupportAssist automatically detects and silently removes Dell Update and Alienware Update from systems running SupportAssist.

There is SupportAssist for Home PCs and SupportAssist for Business PCs

• Learn more about SupportAssist

What happens to the old applications?

Dell removing Dell Update and Alienware Update from the Dell Support Site as of December 31, 2024, marking the official end of Dell support of these applications

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