Click the start button
Click Settings
Click update and Security
Click Recovery
Click on "Go back to Windows 7" or "Go back to Windows 8.1"
"I have done a clean install and windows 10 shows its activated"
By that, do you mean you formatted before you installed windows 10? because if you've formatted the drive then you can't go back as my instructions above state. However, I would just format again and install your prior version. I was forced to go back on my laptop because the HDMI port was not recognized.