You Can No Longer Turn Off App Updates in Microsoft’s Store

You Can No Longer Turn Off App Updates in Microsoft’s Store

The Microsoft Store has made changes that stop you being able to turn off app updates indefinitely. You now have a maximum of a five week delay.

The Microsoft Store loses the option to disable automatic updates

If you’re the sort of person who likes to be in control of what happens on your computer – as much as such a thing is possible – you may have disabled automatic updates for Microsoft Store apps. Microsoft has, without warning or any sort of announcement, removed this option. If you have installed an app from the Microsoft Store, you are now essentially forced to keep the very latest versions of that app installed. There are, of course, reasons w…

Microsoft won't let you disable app updates on the Microsoft Store anymore

It was nice while it lasted.

Microsoft Store application updates can no longer be disabled – OSnews

We removed ads from OSNews. Donate to our fundraiser to ensure our future! One of the most hated “features” of Windows is its update system – it’s slow, error-prone, and most annoyingly of all, tends to interrupt users at the worst possible times. This last issue is apparently so common it’s basically a recognisable meme, among both tech enthusiasts as well as regular users. The root cause of the problem is that because Microsoft wants to force …

Microsoft no longer allows turning off app updates in the Microsoft Store

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