{"id":1320,"date":"2015-01-27T03:22:34","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T03:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hovatek.com\/?p=1320"},"modified":"2022-08-15T22:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:19:04","slug":"how-to-disable-google-chrome-auto-updates-on-a-windows-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/how-to-disable-google-chrome-auto-updates-on-a-windows-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates on a Windows PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/chrome_auto_update.png\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our previous guide on reducing heavy data consumption \/ usage on your PC (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/laptop-consuming-a-lot-of-data-mb-solved\/\">https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/laptop-consuming-a-lot-of-data-mb-solved\/<\/a>\u00a0), we discussed some heavy consumers like Windows updates and other background auto-update apps. In this tutorial, we&#8217;ll be looking at reducing heavy data usage by disabling Google Chrome auto updates. If you&#8217;re on a limited \/ metered data plan then Chrome&#8217;s auto updates could take quite a bite from your data. Many would argue that Google should have at least given you a prompt whether or not to go ahead with downloading updates instead of imposing on\u00a0you. Disabling auto updates from\u00a0chrome:\/\/plugins doesn&#8217;t stop the auto updates, that&#8217;s why we put this guide together.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">How do I disable Google Chrome auto updates?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As Earlier mentioned, disabling auto updates under chrome:\/\/plugins doesn&#8217;t work so we&#8217;ll be disabling chrome auto updates from the registry.<\/p>\n<p>1. Download a Group Policy Editor Administrative template. This template will allow you to manage how Google Update handles updates for all of the Google applications from within the Group Policy Editor. Download @ <a href=\"https:\/\/hovatek.com\/redirect.php?link=http:\/\/dl.google.com\/update2\/enterprise\/GoogleUpdate.adm\">http:\/\/dl.google.com\/update2\/enterprise\/GoogleUpdate.adm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Press the Start menu and search for\u00a0gpedit.msc then launch it<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_1.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Expand Computer Configuration &gt; Right-click on Administrative Templates &gt; Select Add\/Remove Templates<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_2.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. In the Add\/Remove templates box that pops up, click Add<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_3.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. In the window that pops up, navigate to the location where you downloaded GoogleUpdate.adm to &gt; Highlight it &gt; Click Open<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_4.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6. Google Update should now be listed in the Add\/Remove templates box, click Close<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_5.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Navigate to the Chrome group policy<\/p>\n<h3>For Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003:<\/h3>\n<p>Local Computer Policy -&gt; Computer Configuration -&gt; Administrative Templates -&gt; Google -&gt; Google Update -&gt; Applications -&gt; Google Chrome<\/p>\n<h3>For Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows 8:<\/h3>\n<p>Local Computer Policy -&gt; Computer Configuration -&gt; Administrative Templates -&gt; Classic Administrator Templates -&gt; Google-&gt; Google Update-&gt; Applications -&gt; Google Chrome<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_6.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. Click Google Chrome &gt; You should now see two settings at the right-hand pane (Allow installation and Update policy override<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_7.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9. Double-click the Update policy override setting and wait for the\u00a0Update policy override box to pop up<\/p>\n<p>10. When the Update policy override box opens, tick Enabled<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_8.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>11. In the dropdown below, you&#8217;ll see the following options<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Always allow updates<\/h3>\n<p>: This setting means that updates are always installed when they are found via manual checks or silent update checks<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Manual updates only<\/h3>\n<p>: This setting means that updates are only installed when found during a manual check<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Automatic silent updates only<\/h3>\n<p>: This setting means that updates are only installed when found via periodic silent update checks<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Updates disabled<\/h3>\n<p>: This setting will disable all updates for Google Chrome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select\u00a0Manual updates only then Click Apply and OK<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/bpyeki\/uploads\/2015\/01\/disable_chrome_auto_update_9.jpg\" alt=\"How to disable Google Chrome auto updates\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hovatek&#8230;.just a button away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our previous guide on reducing heavy data consumption \/ usage on your PC (see https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/laptop-consuming-a-lot-of-data-mb-solved\/\u00a0), we discussed some heavy consumers like Windows updates and other background auto-update apps. In this tutorial, we&#8217;ll be looking at reducing heavy data usage by disabling Google Chrome auto updates. If you&#8217;re on a limited \/ metered data plan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[818],"tags":[80,126],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-laptop-desktop","tag-tutorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hovatek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}