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• To step
• Method 1 of 4: Turn off Windows Update
• Method 2 of 4: Using a connection with a data limit
• Tips
• Warnings

This wikiHow teaches you how to prevent Windows 10 from updating itself. Unfortunately, there is no way to turn off automatic updates completely, but you can delay them indefinitely through the Services program or by setting your Wi-Fi as a connection with a data limit. You can also turn off automatic updates for the apps and drivers on your computer, if you prefer.

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Method 1 of 4: Turn off Windows Update

1. Understand the limitations of this method. While disabling automatic updates will temporarily prevent Windows 10 cumulative updates from taking place, the service will re-enable itself after a period of time.
2. Open Start Type services. The Services program is then searched for on your computer.
3. click on Services. This result is at the top of the Startmenu, directly to the right of the gear. The Services window will open.
4. Scroll down to the option "Windows Update". You can see this at the bottom of the window.
5. Double-click the "Windows Update" option. The Windows Update Properties window will open.
6. Click the "Startup Type" menu. You will find this in the middle of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.
   • If you don't see this option, check if you have the correct tab by clicking General at the top of the Properties window.
7. click on Switched off. You can see this in the drop-down menu. This will prevent Windows Update from automatically starting itself for the time being.
8. click on Stop. You will see this option at the bottom of the window.Clicking on it will stop the Windows Update service.
9. click on To apply and then on OK. You can find both options at the bottom of the window. This applies all settings made and closes the Properties window. Windows Update should now be disabled.
10. Check the update service regularly. Anytime you restart your computer or work with it for more than two days without shutting down the machine, open Services and check the "Windows Update" status to make sure it is still turned off. While the Windows Update service should not restart itself often, it will occasionally.
    • If you see "Disabled" to the right of the "Windows Update" heading, Windows Update is still disabled.
    • If you see anything other than "Disabled" to the right of the "Windows Update" heading, disable Windows Update again.

Method 2 of 4: Using a connection with a data limit

1. Understand that this method does not work for ethernet connections. You can only turn off automatic updates with this method when using a Wi-Fi connection.
2. Open Start Open Settings click on Click on the wifitab. You will see this option in the top left of the window.
3. Click on the name of your current connection. You can find this at the top of the window. This will open the settings for the WiFi connection.
4. Scroll down to the "Set as a data limit connection" section. This part can be found at the bottom of the window.
5. Click the "Off" switch Make sure you have the correct version of Windows. You need a pre-Anniversary edition of Windows 10 Pro or equivalent. You cannot use this method in Windows 10 Home.
   • Windows 10 Education and Enterprise editions also include a Group Policy Editor.
   • You can check your version of Windows by clicking system typing in Start, then click System data at the top of the menu, and look for "Microsoft Windows 10 Professional" to the right of the "Operating system name" heading.
   • The Windows Anniversary Update has removed the option to turn off automatic updates from the Group Policy Editor.
6. Open Start Type to carry out. This will cause the system to search for the Run program.
7. click on To carry out. You can find this link at the top of the Startwindow (with a picture of a "quick" envelope). "Run" is started at the bottom left of your computer screen.
8. Start the Group Policy Editor. Type gpedit.msc in the Run window, and click OK. The "Local Group Policy Editor" window opens.
9. Go to the folder "Windows Update". In the sidebar on the left side of the "Local Group Policy Editor" window:
   • click on click on Configure automatic updates. This is an item in the main Group Policy Editor window. The item is selected with this.
   • Open the Properties window of "Configure automatic updates". Right-click on the selected item Configure automatic updates and click on edit in the resulting drop-down menu.
   • Check the box "Enabled". This is located at the top left of the window.
   • Click the "Configure Auto Update" menu. This option is on the left side of the window.
   • click on 2 - Report download and installation. You can see this in the drop-down menu. This option will ask you to allow the updates to be installed, giving you the option to decline the updates.
   • click on To apply and then on OK. Your changes are saved.
   • Apply your changes. Do this as follows:
     • Open Start
     • Open Settings
     • click on Update and security
     • click on Windows Update
     • click on Check for updates
     • Wait for Windows to find the available updates (Windows will not install these updates).
   • Restart your computer. click on StartOpen Start click on click on ⋯. This can be found in the top right corner of the window. This will open a drop-down menu.
     • On older versions of Windows 10, click your profile picture in the top left corner of the Windows Store.
   • click on Settings. You can see this option in the drop-down menu.
   • Click the colored switch "Automatically update apps" . This will turn off the switch .
     • If the switch was already off, the updates for Windows apps are already disabled.

Tips

• Automatic updates improve the use and security of Windows in many cases, but they can also eventually slow down an older computer.

Warnings

• Disabling Windows Updates makes your system vulnerable to malware. It is strongly recommended that you do not disable updates in Windows.