How to block Windows 11 update

The easiest way to block the Windows 11 update is to sort it out all via Windows Update, so the first step we’ll take is to pause Windows Update, which can be accessed from simply heading to Settings, clicking on Update and Security, then clicking on Pause updates for seven days.

Another way of block the Windows 11 update would be to block Update Services from functioning. use Windows Key + R in order to bring up the Run window and type the following: ‘services.msc’. this will open up a window where you’re able to navigate to ‘Windows Update’ from this menu. Select ‘Stop’ and voila! No more Windows Update. You can additionally block it via startup at by heading over to the ‘General’ tab and switching the startup type to ‘Disabled’.

A simple way to block the Windows 11 update is to use our old friend regedit.exe. Press Windows Key + R and bring up the run window, enter ‘regedit.exe’ and you’ll open up the Registry Editor. This can appear daunting, but you’ll simply want to navigate to teh following menu.

‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU’

Once there, be sure to navigate to the ‘NoAutoUpdate’ file and double-click. From there, you can change the value data to 1.

This will then ensure that your system will block the Windows 11 update.

You can block Windows 11’s update from the Group Policy Editor in Windows. It’s a pretty niche function, but to block the Windows 11 update it can come in very handy.  Press Windows Key + R, and type in ‘gpedit.msc’ to bring up the Group Policy Editor. If you do not have the Group Policy Editor, it’s possible that you’re running Windows 10 Home, in which case you can use this tool to enable it.

We can use the command line to bring this up, too.

To get to the Command Line, type ‘cmd’ and follow up with ‘gpedit,msc’. If that still somehow does not work, we can also navigate to it via Windows.

• Launch Control Panel
• Type in ‘Group Policy’ in the search bar

From there you can head to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Windows Update for [your version installed]

Under the ‘Settings’ header, double-click on the ‘Select the target feature update version’. Set the Policy to ‘Enabled’ and type ’21H1′ into the text entry field.

This is possibly the most convoluted way to block the Windows 11 Update, so try this if none of the above methods worked for you.