{"id":1682,"date":"2024-05-08T13:29:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helia.ee\/koolitus\/?page_id=1682"},"modified":"2024-05-08T13:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T10:30:11","slug":"4-easy-ways-to-turn-off-automatic-updates-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helia.ee\/koolitus\/?page_id=1682","title":{"rendered":"4 Easy Ways to Turn Off Automatic Updates in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"header_container_small\" class=\"header_container shrunk\">\n<div id=\"header\" class=\"header love_button\" role=\"navigation\"><a id=\"header_logo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Main-Page\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"hs\" class=\"hs_notif\">\n<form id=\"search_form_top\" class=\"search\" action=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/wikiHowTo\" target=\"_top\"><input id=\"hs_query\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"textbox\" name=\"search\" required=\"\" type=\"text\" placeholder=\"to do anything...\" aria-label=\"Search here\" \/><button id=\"hs_submit\" name=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><\/button><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mw-mf-viewport\">\n<div id=\"mw-mf-page-center\">\n<div id=\"content_wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"content_inner\">\n<div class=\"pre-content\">\n<ul id=\"breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Category breadcrumbs\">\n<li><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-weight: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10\">4 Easy Ways to Turn Off Automatic Updates in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 id=\"section_0\" class=\"title_sm\"><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\" class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n<div id=\"intro\" class=\"section hasad\">\n<div id=\"mf-section-0\" class=\"mf-section-0\">\n<p>Do you want to turn off auto updates on your Windows 10 computer? While there is no way to permanently disable automatic updates, you can delay them indefinitely by using the Services program or by setting your Wi-Fi as a metered connection. You can also disable automatic updates for the apps and drivers on your computer. Be advised that stopping Windows updates will make your system more vulnerable to viruses and malware. 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Click &#8220;Services&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;Windows Services&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;Manual&#8221; \u2192 select &#8220;Disabled&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;Apply&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;OK&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Open &#8220;Settings&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;Network &amp; Internet&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;Wi-Fi&#8221; \u2192 click your network \u2192 toggle on &#8220;Set as metered connection&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Disabling Windows 10 updates will increase your risk for viruses and malware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky-sentinel sticky-sentinel-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mf-section-1\" class=\"mf-section-1 collapsible-block\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"mf-section-2\" class=\"mf-section-2 collapsible-block\">\n<div class=\"section steps steps_first sticky\">\n<div class=\"headline_container block_header in-block subheadline sticking\">\n<div class=\"altblock\">\n<div>Method1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_info\">\n<h3><span id=\"Disabling-the-Update-Service\" class=\"mw-headline\">Disabling the Update Service<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"steps_1\" class=\"section_text\">\n<ol class=\"steps_list_2\">\n<li id=\"step-id-00\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_1\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"5cbaa2ff9f20be62c45964f57bf10427\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/3\/32\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-1-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-1-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 1 Press the Windows key on your keyboard.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/3\/32\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-1-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-1-Version-7.jpg\" data-firstimage=\"1\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/3\/32\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-1-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-1-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Press the Windows key on your keyboard.<\/b>\u00a0This opens the Start menu and activates the search bar.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Understand the limitations of this method.<\/b>\u00a0While disabling the\u00a0<a title=\"Update Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Update-Windows\">automatic update service<\/a>\u00a0will temporarily halt any Windows 10 cumulative updates, the service will re-enable itself after a certain amount of time.<sup id=\"_ref-1\" class=\"reference\" aria-label=\"Link to Reference 1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-01\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_2\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"7bc3eddcb5d8434effa14b288d837b08\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/7\/78\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-2-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-2-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 2 Type services, and click Services in the search results.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/7\/78\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-2-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-2-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/7\/78\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-2-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-2-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Type\u00a0<kbd>services<\/kbd>, and click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Services<\/span><\/b>\u00a0in the search results.<\/b>\u00a0Doing so will open the Services window.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can also press the\u00a0<b>Windows<\/b>\u00a0key +\u00a0<b>R<\/b>\u00a0to open the\u00a0<a title=\"Use the &quot;Run&quot; Program\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Use-the-%22Run%22-Program\">Run window<\/a>. Type\u00a0<kbd>services.msc<\/kbd>\u00a0and press\u00a0<b>Enter<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner wh_ad_active wh_ad_spacing w_label al_grey\">\n<div id=\"scrollto_ad_1\" class=\"up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CIH386zp_YUDFf4MogMdu4EMsg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_0__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/582a072cc809b2f09b661d65e7a31c8b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-02\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_3\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1eb849f2468007985cd08516a2d5e1da\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/02\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-3-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-3-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 3 Scroll down and double-click Windows Update.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/0\/02\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-3-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-3-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"344\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/02\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-3-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-3-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Scroll down and double-click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Windows Update<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0Doing so opens the Windows Update Properties window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner wh_ad_active wh_ad_spacing w_label al_grey\">\n<div id=\"scrollto_ad_2\" class=\"up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CJepgOnp_YUDFc4HogMdOdEBQg\">\n<div class=\"ahover\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/robots.txt?upapi=true\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_1__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_1\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/582a072cc809b2f09b661d65e7a31c8b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"9\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-03\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_4\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"f224d8c60549d41a534a7c8608d38ec3\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-4-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-4-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 4 Click the &quot;Startup type&quot; menu and select Disabled.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-4-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-4-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/9a\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-4-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-4-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click the &#8220;Startup type&#8221; menu and select\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Disabled<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s in the middle of the window. Selecting\u00a0<b>Disabled<\/b>\u00a0will prevent the Windows Update service from automatically starting itself for the time being.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t see this option, first make sure that you&#8217;re on the right tab by clicking\u00a0<b>General<\/b>\u00a0at the top of the Properties window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner wh_ad_active wh_ad_spacing w_label al_grey\">\n<div id=\"scrollto_ad_3\" class=\"up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CKXzgOrp_YUDFXIOogMdNsYKNA\">\n<div class=\"ahover\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/robots.txt?upapi=true\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/582a072cc809b2f09b661d65e7a31c8b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"a\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-04\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_5\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"69e45a0656324cd9fbe0850f8b463c2e\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-5-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-5-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 5 Click the Stop button.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-5-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-5-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-5-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-5-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click the\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Stop<\/span><\/b>\u00a0button.<\/b>\u00a0You&#8217;ll find this option near the bottom of the window. Clicking it prompts the Windows Update service to stop running.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner wh_ad_active wh_ad_spacing w_label al_grey\">\n<div id=\"scrollto_ad_4\" class=\"up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CI7-terp_YUDFbsJogMdQy0OhA\">\n<div class=\"ahover\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/robots.txt?upapi=true\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_3__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/582a072cc809b2f09b661d65e7a31c8b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"b\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-05\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_6\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"a4d53b27fd8abf9522e779fa87d0ec83\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/94\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-6-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-6-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 6 Click Apply, then click OK.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/9\/94\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-6-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-6-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/94\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-6-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-6-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">6<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Apply<\/span><\/b>, then click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">OK<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0Both options are at the bottom of the window. Doing so will apply your settings and close the Properties window. The Windows Update service should now be disabled.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner wh_ad_active wh_ad_spacing w_label al_grey\">\n<div id=\"scrollto_ad_5\" class=\"up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CO7U9_Dp_YUDFXgHogMdmRQFfA\">\n<div class=\"default-creative-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/static.btloader.com\/safeFrame.html?upapi=true\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-06\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_1_7\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"58ccebfc832d4ef4c8b2d3d66b4460e0\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e8\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-7-Version-8.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-7-Version-8.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 7 Check the update service periodically.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/e\/e8\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-7-Version-8.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-7-Version-8.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e8\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-7-Version-8.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-7-Version-8.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">7<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Check the update service periodically.<\/b>\u00a0Any time you restart your computer or go more than two days without shutting down, open Services and check the &#8220;Windows Update&#8221; status to ensure that it&#8217;s still disabled. While the Windows Update service shouldn&#8217;t turn itself back on often, it will occasionally do so.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you see &#8220;Disabled&#8221; to the right of the &#8220;Windows Update&#8221; heading, Windows Update is still disabled.<\/li>\n<li>If you see anything other than &#8220;Disabled&#8221; to the right of the &#8220;Windows Update&#8221; heading, disable the Windows Update again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner w_label al_grey wh_ad_active\" data-service=\"dfp\" data-adunitpath=\"\/10095428\/engl\/engl_gam_lgm_early\" data-size=\"[728, 90]\" data-prebidload=\"1\" data-apsload=\"1\" data-aps-timeout=\"2000\" data-width=\"728\" data-height=\"90\" data-large=\"1\" data-medium=\"1\" data-channels=\"7092331233\" data-type=\"method\" data-aditudetarget=\"pb-slot-engl-early\" data-largechannels=\"2060152247,5763098696\" data-smallchannels=\"8156154280\" data-mediumchannels=\"4066873649\" data-pagetype=\"methods\" 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marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_lgm_early_0__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_lgm_early_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/582a072cc809b2f09b661d65e7a31c8b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky-sentinel sticky-sentinel-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section steps sticky\">\n<div class=\"headline_container block_header in-block subheadline sticking\">\n<div class=\"altblock\">\n<div>Method2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_info\">\n<h3><span id=\"Using-a-Metered-Connection\" class=\"mw-headline\">Using a Metered Connection<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"steps_2\" class=\"section_text\">\n<ol class=\"steps_list_2\">\n<li id=\"step-id-17\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_2_1\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"67cec8ba8f3689870f61bcb046b574cf\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e1\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-8-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-8-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 1 Open your Windows Settings icon.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/e\/e1\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-8-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-8-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e1\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-8-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-8-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Open your Windows Settings\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Windowssettings.png\"><b class=\"whb\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"f5be6db1010e297aefbe244d91c1b0ed\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/d\/d0\/Windowssettings.png\" alt=\"Windows Settings\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/d\/d0\/Windowssettings.png\/31px-Windowssettings.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"445\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">.<\/b>\u00a0You&#8217;ll find this gear icon in the Start menu, which is typically at the bottom-left corner of the screen. Click the gear in the lower-left side of the\u00a0<b>Start<\/b>\u00a0menu opens your Settings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This method won&#8217;t work for\u00a0<a title=\"Set up Ethernet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Set-up-Ethernet\">Ethernet connections<\/a>. You can only disable automatic updates by using this method on a\u00a0<a title=\"Connect to a Wireless Internet Connection\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Connect-to-a-Wireless-Internet-Connection#On_Windows_sub\">Wi-Fi connection<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wh_ad_inner wh_ad_active wh_ad_spacing w_label al_grey\">\n<div id=\"scrollto_ad_6\" class=\"up-show\" data-google-query-id=\"CN2d6vjp_YUDFYQZogMdxkYKcQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_5__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10095428\/engl\/engl_adi_gam_all_scrol_5\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/582a072cc809b2f09b661d65e7a31c8b.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-40\/html\/container.html?upapi=true\" name=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"f\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"upo-label\">AD<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-18\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_2_2\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"51e49065f0975c56a1a1008e0ef44332\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-9-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-9-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 2 Click icon Network &amp; Internet.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-9-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-9-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-9-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-9-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Windowsnetwork.png\"><b class=\"whb\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"3a3dacc8399bc7b3592878df7a87edcb\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/a\/a7\/Windowsnetwork.png\" alt=\"Windows Network\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/a\/a7\/Windowsnetwork.png\/30px-Windowsnetwork.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"460\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0Network &amp; Internet.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s in the Settings window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-19\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_2_3\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"2fc2865c2de9bb77a719ef87d7f2ef97\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/af\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-10-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-10-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 3 Click the Wi-Fi tab.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/a\/af\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-10-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-10-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/af\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-10-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-10-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click the\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Wi-Fi<\/span><\/b>\u00a0tab.<\/b>\u00a0You&#8217;ll find this option in the upper-left side of the window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-110\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_2_4\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"37f0d05cf67be0024f9d6bf7392becd7\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/3\/30\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-11-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-11-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 4 Click your current connection's name.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/3\/30\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-11-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-11-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/3\/30\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-11-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-11-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click your current connection&#8217;s name.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s near the top of the page. Doing so will open the Wi-Fi connection&#8217;s settings page.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-111\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_2_5\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"ee5e433f5aa59618c96f3edb1dddac1b\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-12-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-12-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 5 Scroll down to &quot;Set as metered connection&quot; and turn the feature On icon.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-12-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-12-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-12-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-12-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Scroll down to &#8220;Set as metered connection&#8221; and turn the feature On\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Windows10switchon.png\"><b class=\"whb\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4cfd2f5440c936c43eac8e0e97ea9c78\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/0\/0a\/Windows10switchon.png\" alt=\"Windows Switch On\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/0\/0a\/Windows10switchon.png\/57px-Windows10switchon.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"218\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">.<\/b>\u00a0This sets your connection to metered, which will prevent Windows from downloading updates over your currently connected network.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If this switch is colored and has &#8220;On&#8221; next to it, your Wi-Fi is already set up as a metered connection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky-sentinel sticky-sentinel-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section steps sticky\">\n<div class=\"headline_container block_header in-block subheadline sticking\">\n<div class=\"altblock\">\n<div>Method3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_info\">\n<h3><span id=\"Using-Group-Policy-Editor\" class=\"mw-headline\">Using Group Policy Editor<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"steps_3\" class=\"section_text\">\n<ol class=\"steps_list_2\">\n<li id=\"step-id-212\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_1\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"a09657d03c4bdbda3a2f99015693c71c\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/7\/7f\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-13-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-13-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 1 Make sure that you're using the right version of Windows.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/7\/7f\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-13-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-13-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/7\/7f\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-13-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-13-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Make sure that you&#8217;re using the right version of Windows.<\/b>\u00a0You&#8217;ll need a pre-Anniversary edition of Windows 10 Pro or an equivalent. You can&#8217;t use this method if you&#8217;re using Windows 10 Home edition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Windows 10 Education and Enterprise editions also include the Group Policy Editor.<\/li>\n<li>You can\u00a0<a title=\"Check Your Windows Version\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Check-Your-Windows-Version\">check your version of Windows<\/a>\u00a0by typing\u00a0<kbd>system<\/kbd>\u00a0into\u00a0<b>Start<\/b>, clicking\u00a0<b>System Information<\/b>\u00a0near the top of the menu, and looking for &#8220;Microsoft Windows 10 Professional&#8221; to the right of the &#8220;OS Name&#8221; heading.<\/li>\n<li>The Windows Anniversary update removed the option to turn off automatic updates from the Group Policy Editor, so this method will not work if you&#8217;ve been keeping Windows 10 up to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-213\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_2\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"18e7bb258c5fd4c4d46ff5bee68b9053\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/f5\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-14-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-14-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 2 Press \u229e Win+R.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/f\/f5\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-14-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-14-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/f5\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-14-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-14-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Press\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><kbd class=\"keyboard-key nowrap\"><span class=\"Unicode\">\u229e<\/span>\u00a0Win<\/kbd>+<kbd class=\"keyboard-key nowrap\">R<\/kbd><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0Pressing these two keys at the same time opens the Run dialog window. You can also get here by typing\u00a0<kbd>run<\/kbd>\u00a0into the Search bar.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-214\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_3\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"7e1c121be95c14212ef65c2aa31f0ca4\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/9e\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-15-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-15-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 3 Type gpedit.msc into the Run window and click OK.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/9\/9e\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-15-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-15-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/9\/9e\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-15-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-15-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Type\u00a0<kbd>gpedit.msc<\/kbd>\u00a0into the Run window and click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">OK<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0The Group Policy Editor window will open.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-215\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_4\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"9c28bb8003d6db8d7c4b8804f9194bc9\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/fc\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-16-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-16-Version-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 4 Navigate to the &quot;Windows Update&quot; folder.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/f\/fc\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-16-Version-7.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-16-Version-7.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/fc\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-16-Version-7.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-16-Version-7.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Navigate to the &#8220;Windows Update&#8221; folder.<\/b>\u00a0In the sidebar on the left side of the Group Policy Editor window, do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Android7expandright.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"c7c3abf236a21fa62c6e9094fa227ccf\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/3\/3a\/Android7expandright.png\" alt=\"Android 7 Expand Right\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Android7expandright.png\/30px-Android7expandright.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>to the left of the &#8220;Administrative Templates&#8221; folder.<\/li>\n<li>Click\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Android7expandright.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"c7c3abf236a21fa62c6e9094fa227ccf_1\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/3\/3a\/Android7expandright.png\" alt=\"Android 7 Expand Right\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/3\/3a\/Android7expandright.png\/30px-Android7expandright.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"460\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>to the left of the &#8220;Windows Components&#8221; folder.<\/li>\n<li>Scroll down and click the &#8220;Windows Update&#8221; folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-216\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_5\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"148bfd2fd450810b1be93be2480efcf6\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/8\/8e\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-17-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-17-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 5 Click Configure Automatic Updates.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/8\/8e\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-17-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-17-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/8\/8e\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-17-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-17-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Configure Automatic Updates<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s an item in the main Group Policy Editor window. Doing so selects this item.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-217\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_6\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"e59375812882479ee7d401e1f5b0ef55\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/2\/28\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-18-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-18-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 6 Open the &quot;Configure Automatic Updates&quot; properties window.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/2\/28\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-18-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-18-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/2\/28\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-18-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-18-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">6<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Open the &#8220;Configure Automatic Updates&#8221; properties window.<\/b>\u00a0Right-click the selected\u00a0<b>Configure Automatic Updates<\/b>\u00a0item, then click\u00a0<b>Edit<\/b>\u00a0in the resulting drop-down menu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-218\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_7\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"226b835f86107604b5b72bdbbb9cde1f\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-19-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-19-Version-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 7 Check the &quot;Enabled&quot; box.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-19-Version-6.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-19-Version-6.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-19-Version-6.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-19-Version-6.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">7<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Check the &#8220;Enabled&#8221; box.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s in the upper-left side of the window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-219\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_8\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"bbd1f01f24209ebfd1c98bb5b97229d4\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/ea\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-20-Version-5.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-20-Version-5.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 8 Click the &quot;Configure automatic updating&quot; drop-down menu.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/e\/ea\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-20-Version-5.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-20-Version-5.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"343\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/ea\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-20-Version-5.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-20-Version-5.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">8<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click the &#8220;Configure automatic updating&#8221; drop-down menu.<\/b>\u00a0This option is on the left side of the window.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-220\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_9\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"bee10df813c7cf9350d3af8880292294\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/3\/31\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-21-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-21-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 9 Click 2 - Notify for download and notify for install.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/3\/31\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-21-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-21-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"343\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/3\/31\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-21-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-21-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">9<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">2 &#8211; Notify for download and notify for install<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s in the drop-down menu. This option ensures that you&#8217;ll be asked before updates are installed, allowing you to decline the updates.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-221\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_10\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"39b2de4476408a2f5db83382ab3d27ae\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/aa\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-22-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-22-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 10 Click Apply, then click OK.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/a\/aa\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-22-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-22-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/aa\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-22-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-22-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">10<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Apply<\/span><\/b>, then click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">OK<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0Doing so saves your changes.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-222\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_3_11\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"9235e0d3bdf5ca31dcdad345cf604855\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-23-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-23-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 11 Apply your changes.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-23-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-23-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/f\/f1\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-23-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-23-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">11<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Apply your changes.<\/b>\u00a0To do so:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open\u00a0<b>Start<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Open\u00a0<b>Settings<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<b>Update &amp; Security<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<b>Windows Update<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<b>Check for updates<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Wait for Windows to identify available updates (Windows will not install these updates).<\/li>\n<li>When finished, restart your computer. Once your computer finishes restarting, your update preferences will be saved.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll still be able to manually allow updates as they become available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky-sentinel sticky-sentinel-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section steps sticky\">\n<div class=\"headline_container block_header in-block subheadline sticking\">\n<div class=\"altblock\">\n<div>Method4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_info\">\n<h3><span id=\"Disabling-App-Updates\" class=\"mw-headline\">Disabling App Updates<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"steps_4\" class=\"section_text\">\n<ol class=\"steps_list_2\">\n<li id=\"step-id-323\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_4_1\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"21c513833b4bd09a6224125c2c0dbf0e\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/8\/89\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-24-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-24-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 1 Open Start icon.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/8\/89\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-24-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-24-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"350\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/8\/89\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-24-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-24-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Open Start\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Windowsstart.png\"><b class=\"whb\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"7c19c1c85d3d6d30fd7ffffbac0b485f\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/0\/07\/Windowsstart.png\" alt=\"Windows Start\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/0\/07\/Windowsstart.png\/30px-Windowsstart.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"460\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">.<\/b>\u00a0Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen. The\u00a0<b>Start<\/b>\u00a0menu will pop up.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-324\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_4_2\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"124a411cabfdbcd61238a54a9794c84d\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-25-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-25-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 2 Click icon Microsoft Store.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-25-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-25-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/4\/4d\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-25-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-25-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">2<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Microsoft_Store_app_icon_2022.png\"><b class=\"whb\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"1303936e4e43ecce4d953738585b6657\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/c\/ce\/Microsoft_Store_app_icon_2022.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Store\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/c\/ce\/Microsoft_Store_app_icon_2022.png\/30px-Microsoft_Store_app_icon_2022.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"460\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0Microsoft Store.<\/b>\u00a0You should usually see this option on the right side of the\u00a0<b>Start<\/b>\u00a0menu.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t see the Store icon in the\u00a0<b>Start<\/b>\u00a0menu, type\u00a0<kbd>store<\/kbd>\u00a0into the search bar at the bottom of the menu and then click\u00a0<b>Store<\/b>\u00a0when it appears at the top of the menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-325\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_4_3\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"27bca7481b051c24ee473f0387285969\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/6\/61\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-26-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-26-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 3 Click \u22ef.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/6\/61\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-26-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-26-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"348\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/6\/61\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-26-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-26-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">3<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">\u22ef<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0It&#8217;s in the top-right corner of the window. This will prompt a drop-down menu.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On older versions of Windows 10, you&#8217;ll click your profile picture in the upper-left corner of the Windows Store.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-326\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_4_4\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"f6235fbb2c3478c6eaa2311d72429c8d\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-27-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-27-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 4 Click Settings.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-27-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-27-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/a\/ae\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-27-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-27-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">4<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click\u00a0<b class=\"whb\"><span class=\"nowrap\" title=\"This is not a clickable button; it illustrates the button one should find.\">Settings<\/span><\/b>.<\/b>\u00a0This is in the drop-down menu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"step-id-327\" class=\"final_li\"><a class=\"stepanchor\" name=\"step_4_5\"><\/a>\n<div class=\"mwimg  largeimage  floatcenter \">\n<div class=\"content-spacer\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"74a8e57e63a1c286b7d85edbc1e108d8\" class=\"whcdn content-fill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-28-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-28-Version-2.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Step 5 Click the colored &quot;Update apps automatically&quot; switch icon.\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-28-Version-2.jpg\/v4-728px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-28-Version-2.jpg\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"345\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-28-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10-Step-28-Version-2.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step_num\" aria-hidden=\"true\">5<\/div>\n<div class=\"step\"><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Click the colored &#8220;Update apps automatically&#8221; switch\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Windows10switchon.png\"><b class=\"whb\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"4cfd2f5440c936c43eac8e0e97ea9c78_1\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/0\/0a\/Windows10switchon.png\" alt=\"Windows Switch On\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/0\/0a\/Windows10switchon.png\/57px-Windows10switchon.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"218\" \/><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b class=\"whb\" aria-hidden=\"true\">.<\/b>\u00a0Doing so will turn off the switch<\/p>\n<div class=\"mwimg  t techicon floatright \"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\/Image:Windows10switchoff.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"261e65290bd27f873c96258cc3e15acb\" class=\"whcdn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/1\/1f\/Windows10switchoff.png\" alt=\"Windows Switch Off\" data-srclarge=\"\/images\/thumb\/1\/1f\/Windows10switchoff.png\/57px-Windows10switchoff.png\" data-width=\"460\" data-height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If this switch is off, updates for Windows apps are already disabled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"scrolltomarker\" data-isstep=\"1\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"clearall\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sticky-sentinel sticky-sentinel-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"Questions_and_Answers_sub_anchor\" class=\"anchor\" name=\"Questions_and_Answers_sub\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa section sticky\" data-few_contribs=\"1\" data-search_enabled=\"0\" data-aid=\"6889681\" data-answers-count=\"6\" data-expert-answers-count=\"0\" data-staff-answers-count=\"0\" data-purchase-group=\"\" data-purchase-type=\"\" data-obscure-answers=\"0\" data-obscure-answers-type=\"\" data-purchase-obscured-cta-header=\"\" data-purchase-obscured-cta-prompt=\"\" data-obscured-answer-header=\"\" data-obscured-answer-prompt=\"\" data-obscured-answer-link=\"\" data-purchase-obscured-answer-header=\"Support wikiHow by\" data-purchase-obscured-answer-prompt=\"unlocking this expert answer.\" data-purchase-obscured-answer-link=\"#\">\n<div class=\"headline_container block_header\">\n<div class=\"altblock\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_info\">\n<h2 class=\"qa_heading\"><span id=\"qa_headline\" class=\"mw-headline\">Community Q&amp;A<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"qa\" class=\"section_text\">\n<div id=\"qa_answered_questions_container\">\n<ul id=\"qa_article_questions\" class=\"qa_questions qa_aqs\">\n<li id=\"qa_question_0\" class=\"qa_aq qa_block \" data-aqid=\"389585\" data-cqid=\"389602\" data-caid=\"390458\" data-sqid=\"2014233\" data-qa_inactive=\"0\" data-votes_up=\"29\" data-votes_down=\"5\" data-verifier_id=\"0\" data-submitter_id=\"0\">\n<div class=\"qa_li_container\">\n<div class=\"qa_question_tab\">Question<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_q_txt\">What do I do if the Windows Update Service keeps turning itself back on when I disable it?<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answers\">\n<div class=\"qa_user_area\">\n<div class=\"qa_person_circle\"><picture><source srcset=\"\/images\/thumb\/0\/0a\/CommunityAvatar1.png\/-crop-104-104-104px-CommunityAvatar1.png.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qa_person_circle-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/0\/0a\/CommunityAvatar1.png\/-crop-104-104-104px-CommunityAvatar1.png\" alt=\"Community Answer\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answerer_info\">\n<div class=\"qa_user_name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_user_label\">Community Answer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answer answer \">When you are disabling the Microsoft Update Service, on tabs you&#8217;ll see &#8220;recovery&#8221; is set to &#8220;one&#8221; in &#8220;one minute&#8221; and &#8220;at restart.&#8221; change that to &#8220;9999,&#8221; &#8220;day&#8221; and no restart. This will prevent it from restarting the service automatically, unless you restart it manually.<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answer_footer\">\n<div class=\"wh_vote_container qa_vote_buttons\">\n<div class=\"qa_widget_vote_buttons\"><a class=\"wh_vote_down wh_vote_box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\">Not Helpful\u00a05<\/a><a class=\"wh_vote_up wh_vote_box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\">Helpful\u00a029<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"qa_question_1\" class=\"qa_aq qa_block \" data-aqid=\"147984\" data-cqid=\"148001\" data-caid=\"148857\" data-sqid=\"879558\" data-qa_inactive=\"0\" data-votes_up=\"8\" data-votes_down=\"11\" data-verifier_id=\"0\" data-submitter_id=\"0\">\n<div class=\"qa_divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_li_container\">\n<div class=\"qa_question_tab\">Question<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_q_txt\">If updates are disabled, will my PC still boot?<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answers\">\n<div class=\"qa_user_area\">\n<div class=\"qa_person_circle\"><picture><source srcset=\"\/images\/thumb\/b\/b0\/CommunityAvatar2.png\/-crop-104-104-104px-CommunityAvatar2.png.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qa_person_circle-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/b0\/CommunityAvatar2.png\/-crop-104-104-104px-CommunityAvatar2.png\" alt=\"Community Answer\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answerer_info\">\n<div class=\"qa_user_name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_user_label\">Community Answer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answer answer \">Yes. Updates simply keep the system more up-to-date and secure.<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answer_footer\">\n<div class=\"wh_vote_container qa_vote_buttons\">\n<div class=\"qa_widget_vote_buttons\"><a class=\"wh_vote_down wh_vote_box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\">Not Helpful\u00a011<\/a><a class=\"wh_vote_up wh_vote_box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Turn-Off-Automatic-Updates-in-Windows-10#\">Helpful\u00a08<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"qa_question_2\" class=\"qa_aq qa_block \" data-aqid=\"215822\" data-cqid=\"215839\" data-caid=\"216695\" data-sqid=\"872718\" data-qa_inactive=\"0\" data-votes_up=\"3\" data-votes_down=\"0\" data-verifier_id=\"0\" data-submitter_id=\"1894487\">\n<div class=\"qa_divider\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_li_container\">\n<div class=\"qa_question_tab\">Question<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_q_txt\">Why does Windows need updates?<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answers\">\n<div class=\"qa_ta_area\">\n<div class=\"qa_badge\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_person_circle\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/avatarOut\/6\/63\/1894487.jpg?20171104010827.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qa_person_circle-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/avatarOut\/6\/63\/1894487.jpg?20171104010827\" alt=\"Bat \ud83e\udd87\" width=\"52\" height=\"52\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answerer_info\">\n<div class=\"qa_user_name\"><span class=\"qa_user_link\" data-href=\"\/User:Batreeq\">Bat \ud83e\udd87<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_user_label\">Top Answerer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qa_answer answer \">There are different types of updates. Security updates help fix any vulnerabilities in Windows so that malware cannot infect your system. Feature updates add new features and interface changes, and are usually delivered a few times a year. Bug fixes fix any software errors and glitches that make it work improperly. 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