Chrome: Disable Auto Updates

If you’re working in a corporate environment, you may want to prevent Chrome from automatically updating. You can disable auto updates with these steps.

Windows

1. Hold down the Windows Key and press “R” to bring up the Run window.
2. Type “regedit“, then press “Enter” to bring up the Registry Editor.
3. Navigate to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Google \Update \
   Note: You may have to create the “Google” and “Update” folders.
4. Right-click “Chrome” and select “New” > “DWORD 32-bit value“
5. Give the value a name of “AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes“. Set the value data to “0“.

MacOS

1. Close Chrome
2. From the Finder, select “Go” > “Utilities“.
3. Launch “Terminal“.
4. Type the following command, then press “Enter“:
   defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0

Once you restart your computer after these steps, Chrome should not auto update again.