How to Block Windows 10 Updates From Downloading If You’re Not Ready for Them
It’s great that you can get Windows 10 for free if you want. If you don’t – or if you just want to download it on your own terms – the bad news: Microsoft downloads it anyway. Here’s how to block it.
For the Windows 10 update, Microsoft has chosen to automatically start the download process, regardless of whether you’ve confirmed that you want the update. It makes some sense for those who use automatic updates, usually except Windows 10 can be overwhelming. As in several gigabytes of huge. If you have a limited data connection or just don’t want to download it right now, Ghacks offers a few steps to block updates:
- Find “Programs and Features” in the Start Menu.
- On the left side of the window, select View Installed Updates.
- Windows 7: Look for the following updates: 3035583, 2952664, 3021917
- Windows 8: Look for the following updates: 3035583, 2976978
- Right click each update and select uninstall.
- When prompted, select Restart Later.
- Reboot when you have completed these steps for each update.
After completing this process, you need to block the reinstallation of updates. To do this, follow these steps:
- Find Windows Update in the Start menu.
- Select “check for updates”. Windows should find the same updates as above.
- Click Important Update Available.
- Right-click each of the updates above and select Hide Update.
This should prevent these updates from being downloaded to your computer again in the future. Keep in mind that if you want to upgrade to Windows 10 at a later date, you need to unlock these updates. However, this should help prevent Microsoft from downloading several gigabytes of data to your computer when you’re not ready.
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