How to Disable Windows Update on Windows 10 Permanently

How to Disable Windows Update on Windows 10 Permanently

Windows Updates are essential to keeping your computer running smoothly, but some people don't want to be forced in doing a windows update.

Windows updates are designed to fix patches and bugs on the computer and add new features, but some people feel like they are being used to fix the bugs in the latest version of windows 10 updates.

These are the steps you need to take to permanently disable windows 10 updates.

Before you start make a backup of your data and create a system restore point.

This video is only for people who have no intention of updating there version of windows and want to block or disable windows updates permanently, you do this at your own risk.

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[samljer]

how absurd is it we have to even do this...

[bariskurt]

windows 10 is downlading 10 GB updates everyday and then it says" update is unsucessfull we will download again"... this is the biggest virus computer history. enough

[randomguy]

Imagine doing all this... and you power on your pc the next day only to be greeted by a blue screen saying..."Please wait....your windows is updating"

[marcosalamanca]

It is thanks to such tutorials on how to stop the forced useless updates that my laptop is 6 years old, and still going strong.

You guys publishing these videos are true heroes.

Keep up the fantastic work!

[soultrail]

The moment there is a viable alternative to Windows on the market I'm switching to it!

[tmacman]

I consider anything that forces my computer to do something that I don't want it to do as malware. Windows is behaving like malware restarting itself without my permission.

[charliemc]

Wow, I thought I had disabled Updates, I didn't realize that there was so much more. Thanks for the info. You're videos are the best help videos I've found. You explain each step of the way in simple terms. Thank you.

[jack]

The annoy part is when your trying to do homework and the dang update takes up your data

[DavidScheiber]

"Windows Updates are essential to keeping your computer running smoothly"
both my laptops no longer have working brightness control
windows update keeps my pc running as smooth as a corral
not to mention the driver updates that break everything

[reggiesmith]

I detest these Windows 10 updates, they often take hours to download and then the computer is slow and sometimes things don`t work as well.

[MaskedGEEK]

And if all that doesn't work, turn off wi-fi and remove any Ethernet cables. Job done. Lol.

[pumpkinheadghoul]

THANK YOU!!! So tired of having to roll back to the previous version because the newest version of Windows 10 completely messes up my computer's awesome sound. The newest version makes it sound like everything is playing through a tin can. Absolutely no bass at all. Every tech support rep I've had try to trouble shoot this problem comes up empty handed and ends up just rolling back to the previous version of Windows 10, which solves the problem immediately. Thanks to you, I won't have to go through that hell again.

[seong]

In version 1803, no matter how you try to disable windows update, ( even disable the update orchestrator task scheduler, services or group policy ), it still re enabling after pc reboot or turn on pc. Note: update orchestrator services ( Usosvc ) no longer can be disabled anymore.

[GUNS_jk]

The new update disabled my Wi-Fi. I can't even enable it back on. I did a system restore to get the Wi-Fi back. Your video is very helpful. Thank you.

[mixk]

This is exactly what I was looking for.
Here's my story:
I kept clicking "remind me in an hour" for the update notifications, because I didn't want to update it when I was doing homework. Over an hour later, I hear my PC beeping. I check - Windows 10 is rebooting. WTH. Then I wait a second, and it turns out, it's preparing the Creators Update. Then it tries to install it. The installation screen had awful resolution, even though Windows already knows I use a 1050p monitor.
Then I wait for the system to finish. But guess what? After half an hour with just 8% done, the system just says "I give up!" and it restores my old session in my previous version of Windows. That is just asinine. I know my PC was old, still having the Vista Home Premium Identification code, but the hardware has been upgraded specifically to meet W10's demands! The worst part, I couldn't find a way to disable it altogether without installing third party software, because Windows didn't present me an option to disable updates. Seriously.
That's why I needed this video. Either it's going to work, or I'm downgrading to Windows 7. Even if Microsoft ditches updates for SP2 or whatever in 2022, I'm still not upgrading. Windows 10 is a disaster.

EDIT: 1050p, not 1080p. Also, Home Premium, not Ultimate

Also, years later I ended up not downgrading. :\
If I am to change the OS now, I'll go for Linux

[Narutendo]

THANK YOU! Windows updates are the worst virus a computer can possibly get, and until now I've been forced to get them over and over.

[JohnRed]

No matter what method you use to keep it from updating, it will find a way to turn itself on. You need to check these settings every week and turn them off, you'll find that Windows Update turns itself on in the services.

[VideoNash]

Greetings to you as well Britec. I lost a full days work in three different Graphic Design programs, about 12 different pallets, that I was working on at the time.
Went to have lunch and when I came back, everything lost forever.
Now I have to start over! Getting used to it, but still sick and tired!
I performed every one of your workarounds just to make it stick!!!
Keep in mind people, ALWAYS, make sure you have a Very Good and Dependable
security software program installed on your computer, if you do these things.
You should always have good security monitoring either way.

[SuperSilverTrees]

THANK YOU. I absolutely love this video! This is the best complete disable. I have never ever used windows update in my life and everything worked fine. All I had to do was regular driver updates and clean up.

[alanbeales]

When I opened up my new Win10 laptop straight out of the box, it immediately started Windows updates. It started at 1345 and took 1 hour to download. From 1445 until 1830 it was installing the updates at a snails pace
On restart it fell back into the Recovery Mode, as it wouldn`t boot to Windows,
So using Recovery mode I eventually got it back running, not forgetting to disable Wi-Fi to stop this updating all over again.
On that day the data usage recorded was 8.2Gb
Glad I found this very helpful video - brilliant
Windows updates are a curse !