{"id":19996,"date":"2023-06-25T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=19996"},"modified":"2023-06-25T01:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T01:50:12","slug":"disable-automatic-map-updates-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-automatic-map-updates-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Methods to Disable Automatic Map Updates in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I stop Windows 11 from automatically updating offline maps? By default, Windows will automatically update the offline maps when plugged in and on Wi-Fi. This may have an impact on the internet speed when you’re attending online class or meeting. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 methods to disable automatic map updates in Windows 11 to boost your internet speed.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Disable Automatic Map Updates in Windows 11 via Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + I to launch the Settings app<\/a>. Select the Apps<\/strong> category in the left, and then click on Offline maps<\/strong>.\n

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  2. click on Maps updates<\/strong> to expand the settings. Next, uncheck the “Update automatically when plugged in and on Wi-Fi<\/strong>” option.\n

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  3. This will prevent Windows 11 from automatically updating the offline maps. But you can still click on the “Check now<\/strong>” button underneath to update the offline maps manually.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Disable Automatic Map Updates in Windows 11 via Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Open Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and navigate to the location: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Maps\u200b<\/code>. Double-click the “Turn off Automatic Download and Update of Map Data<\/strong>” policy in the right pane.\n

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    2. Choose the Enabled<\/strong> option. Click Apply<\/strong> and then OK<\/strong>.\n

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    3. Close the Local Group Policy Editor. You’ll find that the “Update automatically when plugged in and on Wi-Fi” option under the “Maps updates” section in the Settings app is greyed out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Disable Automatic Map Updates in Windows 11 via Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Open Registry Editor<\/a> and browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows<\/code>. Right-click the Windows<\/strong> key in the left sidebar and choose New<\/strong> -> Key<\/strong>.\n

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      2. Name the new key as Maps<\/strong>, and select it. Next, right-click the blank area in the right pane and choose New<\/strong> -> DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n

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      3. Name the DWORD as AutoDownloadAndUpdateMapData<\/strong>, and leave the data value as 0.\n

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      4. Close Registry Editor and restart your system to apply the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        That’s it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        How can I stop Windows 11 from automatically updating offline maps? By default, Windows will automatically update the offline maps when plugged in and on Wi-Fi. This may have an impact on the internet speed when you’re attending online class or meeting. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 methods to disable automatic map updates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,4713],"tags":[5208,5209,5210],"class_list":["post-19996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-disable-offline-maps-update-windows-11","tag-turn-off-offline-map-automatic-update","tag-update-maps-automatically-when-plugged-in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19996"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20015,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19996\/revisions\/20015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}