How To Turn Off Automatic Updates In Windows 10 Using Registry

Turn off or configure automatic Windows Updates using Registry.....

              Completely turn off automatic updates

Step 1: Type Regedit in Start menu or taskbar search box and then press Enter key. Click Yes button when you see the User Account Control dialog.

 

Step 2: In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows

 Step 3: Right-click on Windows key (as shown in the below picture), click New, and then click Key.

    Enter the name as WindowsUpdate (no space between Windows and Update). Note that even after creating the New Key, you can right-click on it, and then click Rename to rename it as WindowsUpdate.

 

Step 4: Now that you have created WindowsUpdate key, right-click on WindowsUpdate key, click New, click Key, and then set its name as AU.

 

Step 5: Click on AU key. On the right-side, right-click on the empty space, click New, click DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it as NoAutoUpdate. 

 

Step 6: Finally, double-click on NoAutoUpdate, and set its value data to one of the following numbers:
0 – To enable automatic updates
1 – To turn off automatic updates

                    

                  

When you turn off automatic updates using the above mentioned instructions, Windows will never check for updates. If you navigate to Advanced options of Windows Settings in Settings app, you will see Never check for updates as the status under Choose how updates are installed section.

So, if you want Windows to always notify you about an available update, you need to set the value as 2. Configuring Windows 10 to notify you before downloading updates is the best way to disable automatic updates as the updates won’t be downloaded without your knowledge.

 

 

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