{"id":20227,"date":"2023-11-09T07:02:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T07:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=20227"},"modified":"2023-11-09T07:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T07:05:34","slug":"pause-windows-update-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/pause-windows-update-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pause Windows Update for any Amount of Time in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I pause Windows 11 update for a few months or permanently? By default, Windows 11 allows you to pause Windows update for up to 5 weeks (35 days) at maximum. Luckily, there is an undocumented method to pause updates in Windows 11 up to any desired number of days.<\/p>\n

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How to Pause Windows Update for any Amount of Time in Windows 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to the location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\WindowsUpdate\\UX\\Settings<\/code>\u200b, then right-click the blank area in the right pane, and choose New<\/strong> -> DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n

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  2. Name the newly-created DWORD FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays<\/strong>, and then double-click it to bring up the “Edit DWORD Value” dialog. Choose Decimal<\/strong> and enter any desired number of days, click OK<\/strong>. If you want to pause Windows update for 10 weeks, then type 70 instead.\n

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    Though there isn’t a value for pausing Windows updates permanently, you can enter a large number to pause updates for 10 years or even 100 years.\n<\/li>\n

  3. Close Registry Editor and relaunch the Settings app<\/a>. Go to Windows Update, click the arrow on the right side of the “Pause updates<\/strong>” drop-down box, and you can see how many weeks you can pause the update for.\n

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    \tIf you set FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays<\/code> to 9 and then clicked “Pause for 1 week”, the “Extend for 2 days<\/strong>” button will appear so you can pause updates for 9 days totally.<\/p>\n

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    \tWhen you change your mind anytime, simple click the “Resume updates<\/strong>” button above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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