3 Ways to Turn Off Windows 10 Update Forever (Permanently)

How to turn off Windows 10 updates easily - Automatic updates are sometimes annoying. Apart from consuming a lot of internet bandwidth, this automatic feature usually happens in secret. This can make us fight with internet providers who are not wrong, aka the internet connection is slow. To turn off Windows Update Windows 10 is not as easy as we think. This feature is deeply embedded in the system, making it difficult for us to disable it.

There have been many tutorials on how to disable Windows Update on the internet. However, most use trick methods that usually don't last long. On this occasion, I want to share a more permanent way. Using an application made by BATALGY from Majorgeeks. The application is very simple, but after I tried it, the name updating automatically doesn't appear anymore. Check out the following tutorial:

How to disable Windows Update with StopWinUpdates application

1. First download the StopWinUpdates program from Baltagy
2. Extract the downloaded file
3. Right click StopWinUpdates v2.2.exe, run as administrator
4. On the next screen, you select Disable Windows Update, then click Next
   
   
5. Then you can restart the computer
6. Try searching for win update on the start menu, check if the system is dead?
7. To restore it to normal, you just need to change it to enable

How to Disable Windows Update with Group Policy

This technique is specifically for Win 10 pro, home, education users. Namely turning off the automatic update feature via GroupPolicy. The method is a little more complicated, but he said he still likes to appear in his own company. So I don't really recommend this method. But you can try to complete the first method.

1. Press Win-R, type gpedit.msc, then Enter.
2. Go to the left navigation, then select the path below.
   - Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Update.
3. Locate and double click the Configure Automatic Updates file
4. In the Dialog Box that appears, click Enabled.
5. Then under it there is an option Configure automatic updating, change it to - Notify, for download and notify for install.

How to Stop Windows 10 Update with Registry Editor

Apart from using the Group Policy Editor, we can also turn off win 10 updates using an existing registry editor program.

1. Press the Win key + R to run the Run command.
2. Type Regedit, then press enter.
3. Find the Address Path below:
   - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows
4. Right click on the Folder key, then select New, for Key generation.
5. The name of the new Key is WindowsUpdate.
6. Again, on New Key, right click create new KEY inside.
7. The name of the new key is AU.
8. In KEY AU, right-click - New, select DWORD (32-bit) Value.
9. Name the new DWORD as AUOptions then enter the VALUE DATA “2” (See Picture).

So many tutorials today about how to turn off Windows 10 updates. Hopefully it can be useful and help those of you who are in need of this article. Any questions? Don't hesitate to comment below.