Disable auto-update of Google Chrome

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Mar 15, 202616343 views

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Google Chrome auto-updates itself and its extensions. I don't want Chrome to automatically update itself every time it is run; I only want it to update when it asks for confirmation, like Firefox does. Is this possible?

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Fix for: Disable auto-update of Google Chrome

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Good. I did that too. Click on Start, then "Run". Type services.msc. Enter password if necessary on Vista or later. On the Name column, find "Google Updater Service" or similar. Right click it and open Properties. For Startup Type, change it to Disa…

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