Windows 10: How do I permanently disable automatic Windows 10 Updates?

Today I before I left for work, I had several tabs in two different programs open, with unsaved work that I hadn't finished yet. I closed my laptop to put it into sleep mode, came back 6 hours later, and Windows had gracefully updated against my will and deleted a lot of stuff I had been working on and was still toying with. This is at LEAST the third time it has happened, without asking permission or notifying me that it would update while I was away, and what pissed me off even more is that it updated while I had programs running with unsaved work. At least 3-4 hours of what I had been exper

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how to permanently disable windows 10 automatic updates,

Hi Ezequíaz, complete the 3 steps below to permanently stop Windows 10 Automatic Updates:

1.

Open the Settings App

Go to Accounts - Sign-in Options

Choose to sign in with a Local Account rather than a Microsoft Account.

2.

In the Settings App

Go to Network and Internet

Set your WiFi connection as Metered

3.

Click your Start Button, type services and hit ENTER

Scroll down the list of services to find Windows Update

Double click the service

If it has started, click 'Stop'

Then you must set its startup type to 'Disabled' - 'Manual' will not do!

Restart your PC

That's It!

 

Any one know how to permanently dissable auto update in windows 10?

Look under "Software" and the first sticked thread

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...dows-10-automatic-updates-and-spyware.218745/

 

[Guide] Disabling Windows 10 Automatic updates and "spyware"

Hide Windows Updates or driver updates

Your Windows 10 PC gets the latest updates automatically. In rare cases, a driver or update might cause issues with your PC. To keep the update from reinstalling automatically, download this troubleshooter, it will let you hide the problematic updates.