Stop windows 10 updates?

Hi there

Apologies if this has already been asked, but is there an easy way to stop specific windows 10 updates.

I have the latest Pro version of windows 10 and generally usually don't mind the updates being downloaded automatically. I know you can turn them off automatically with group policies but is there a way to simply stop updates while they are downloading?

Basically my internet is very slow as fibre hasn't reached this area in my city yet, so while I don't mind them downloading automatically usually, sometimes if Im needing to use the internet for something e.g. work related, I find the updates slow everything down. Really what I need is a way to be able to temporarily cancel the updates so I can get my work done and then resume them later.

peteyt said:

Hi there

Apologies if this has already been asked, but is there an easy way to stop specific windows 10 updates.

I have the latest Pro version of windows 10 and generally usually don't mind the updates being downloaded automatically. I know you can turn them off automatically with group policies but is there a way to simply stop updates while they are downloading?

Basically my internet is very slow as fibre hasn't reached this area in my city yet, so while I don't mind them downloading automatically usually, sometimes if Im needing to use the internet for something e.g. work related, I find the updates slow everything down. Really what I need is a way to be able to temporarily cancel the updates so I can get my work done and then resume them later.

The simplest solution for you may be to temporarily disable Windows Update. Go into the Services snap-in and find Windows update, right click and choose properties. Then change startup type to Disabled. You would then want to stop the service if it's not already stopped.