Turn off Google automatic updates: a practical tutorial
Google Chrome’s automatic update feature, while convenient, can be annoying at times. For example, in some special cases, we may need to temporarily turn it off. So, how can you effectively turn off Google’s automatic updates? Here is a detailed tutorial for you, I hope it can help you.
Windows system
1. Service Manager:
Press Win+R and enter services.msc to enter Service Manager. Find “Google Update Service (gupdate)” and “Google Update Service (gupdatem)”, right-click, select “Properties”, change the startup type to “Disabled”, and stop the service.
2. Registry Editor:
Win+R, type regedit, and open the registry editor. Navigate to HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Google\\Update and create them step by step if you don’t have them. Create a new DWORD value named NoAutoUpdate, set its value to 1, and restart your computer.
3. Group Policy Editor:
Win+R, enter gpedit.msc, and open the local Group Policy Manager. Expand computer configuration→ administrative templates→ Windows components→ Google Chrome, enable the “No auto-updates for Google Chrome” policy, and apply settings.
4. Task scheduler:
Win+R, enter taskschd.msc to open the task schedule library. Expand the GoogleSystem and GoogleUpdater nodes, right-click on all related tasks and select Disable.
macOS platform
Open the Terminal application and execute the following command:
sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Then, modify the /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate directory permissions to read-only mode:
sudo chmod 000 /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate
Linux system
Debian-based distributions:
sudo apt-mark hold google-chrome-stable
Red Hat is:
sudo yum versionlock add google-chrome-stable
Safety tips
Turning off automatic updates may pose certain risks, so it is recommended that you regularly check for updates manually and install security patches in a timely manner. After all, safety is the most important thing!
