How To: Disable Auto Update in Chrome Browser

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Google Chrome on Windows and Mac updates automatically and regularly. The automatic update process is performed by Google Update, which is based on the Omaha Open Source project. Automatically updated solutions to sometimes critical problems that limit exposure.

Chrome updates are quite discreet, but if you have decided that you don’t want them to run automatically, there is actually no setting in the browser to disable them. Fortunately, Windows users can disable automatic updates in a few simple steps.

Disable automatic updates under Windows

To disable automatic updates of Google Chrome on Windows, you must tell Google Update not to update them.

Using the system configuration

1. Open the Run command prompt. You can do this by using the Windows + R key combination or by searching Run with Cortana.
2. Once opened, type msconfig and press Enter.
3. In the System Configuration window, go to the Services tab.
4. You will want to look for the following two elements: Google Update Service (gupdate) and Google Update Service (gupdatem). To find them, it may be easier to enable Hide all Microsoft services.
5. Disable both Google items and click OK.
6. You will be prompted to restart your computer for these changes to take effect.

Rename the Google Chrome Update folder

It is one of the easiest methods that anyone can use without problems.

1. Under Windows 10, go to the Chrome installation drive, which is usually C:.
2. Then navigate to “C:\Program files\Google\”.
3. You will see the “Update” folder. Try renaming this folder; if you can, the Chrome update will be disabled. In most cases, you cannot rename this folder.
4. Open the “Update” folder and rename the application file “GoogleUpdate” to “GoogleUpdate1”.
5. Now go to Chrome and check the URL “chrome://settings/help”. You should see an error in the automatic update, as described below.

Disable updates directly from the Registry editor

You also need the Execute field for this method. Type regeditit this time, and when the Registry Editor opens, double-click the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder.

When the folder opens, you will see what is installed on your computer. Find it and right-click on the Policies folder and select “new -> key”. Don’t forget to name the newly created key “Google”.

Right-click on the Google folder and select “new -> key”. Name the new key “update”. Right-click under the default option and select “new -> DWORD” and name it “updated default”. Click on the newly created option and a new window should appear.

The value data field must be set to 0; if not, change it. Click OK to save your changes. Since Chrome does not update automatically, don’t forget to check for updates when you are ready.

Click on the three vertical points -> Help -> About Chrome. If updates are pending, Chrome will start the update immediately. Be sure not to do anything important if you decide to update Chrome because you need to restart your browser.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18483087/how-to-disable-google-chrome-auto-update

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