How to Turn Off Windows Updates via Settings If you don't necessarily need to disable Windows 10 updates forever and just want a break from them, you can pause them for up to 35 days.

You can turn off automatic updates in Windows 10 through the Settings app. However, you can't turn them off forever. Here's what you need to know.

So what's a Windows 10 Home user to do if they'd rather turn off automatic system updates? Well, not to fear, there appears to be a solution. Ed Bott writes for ZDNet: ...

We’ve also included some extras, like how to stop all updates if you want. We’ve updated this article for the current versions of Windows — Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 22H2.

If you’re using Windows 10, you’ve got another problem: It won’t let you turn off automatic updates. Luckily, there are two workarounds.

Other Windows 10 users, including all Win10 Home owners, aren’t quite so lucky, but the general “metered connection” approach is detailed in Woody’s Win10Tip: Block forced Windows updates.

The EULA included with Windows 10 build 10240 states that Microsoft will not let Home users customize the way they want to receive updates.

Windows 11 TPM requirements: Microsoft's strict security policy Microsoft has come a long way with its automatic update systems, which it refers to as quality updates or cumulative updates.