{"id":2343,"date":"2015-03-16T03:40:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T22:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2023-08-11T19:08:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T13:38:52","slug":"disable-automatic-app-updates-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/disable-automatic-app-updates-android\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Automatic App Updates in Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Automatic app updates is the most valuable feature in <a title=\"Android\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> that keeps your android device up-to-date with the latest app updates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you download Android apps from <strong>Google Play Store<\/strong>, your phone automatically install app updates as soon as they become available. Most of the people find this <strong>auto-update<\/strong> feature quite helpful because they always want to enjoy the new and improved features of installed apps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But many <a title=\"Android smartphone\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/tag\/android-smartphones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android smartphone<\/a> users don&#8217;t prefer to update apps automatically because whether they like to <strong>update apps manually<\/strong> or they are on a smaller mobile data plan. This is the main reason, Google has added an option to enable or disable<strong> automatic app updates<\/strong> on the Google Play Store, as well as the option to only update if the device is on a WiFi connection to save the actual mobile data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2348\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android.png\" alt=\"how to disable automatic app updates in android\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android.png 575w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-disable-automatic-app-updates-in-android-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are also one of them, who want to <strong>disable automatic app updates in android<\/strong> device then this tutorial will help you very much. In today&#8217;s android guide, i am going to show you the step by step process of disabling automatic app updates in android device. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #fef5c4; border: 1.5px dashed #555; padding: 5px 10px;\" align=\"justify\">\n<p><strong>Related articles for you:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How to Download Paid Android Apps for Free\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/download-paid-android-apps-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Download Paid Android Apps for Free<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Best Free Project Management Apps for Android\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/best-free-project-management-apps-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Free Project Management Apps for Android<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Fix: Google Play \u201cDownload unsuccessful\u201d Error\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/google-play-download-unsuccessful-error\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Fix: Google Play \u201cDownload unsuccessful\u201d Error<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"How to Install Google Now Launcher on any Android\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/install-google-now-launcher-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Install Google Now Launcher on any Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: helvetica;\">Disable Automatic App Updates on Android<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (1):<\/strong> First of all, open <strong>Play Store<\/strong> app on your android phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (2):<\/strong> On the Play Store, simply click on the <strong>Menu<\/strong> button which is located at the upper left corner of your phone\u2019s screen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-app-updates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2345\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-app-updates.png\" alt=\"automatic app updates\" width=\"400\" height=\"207\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-app-updates.png 400w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-app-updates-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-app-updates-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (3):<\/strong> Now from the Menu, click on <strong>Settings<\/strong> to view the settings options of Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/disable-automatic-updates-android.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2347\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/disable-automatic-updates-android.png\" alt=\"disable automatic updates android\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/disable-automatic-updates-android.png 400w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/disable-automatic-updates-android-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/disable-automatic-updates-android-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (4):<\/strong> After that, click on <strong>Auto-update apps<\/strong> option which is located under &#8220;General&#8221; settings section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-updates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2346\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-updates.png\" alt=\"automatic updates\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-updates.png 400w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-updates-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/automatic-updates-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (5):<\/strong> On Auto-update apps page, you will see three options. Select <strong>Do not auto-update apps<\/strong> option to disable automatic app updates on your android device.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2349\" src=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates.png\" alt=\"how to turn off automatic updates\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates.png 400w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #39b54a;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> <\/span>You can also select the option of &#8220;<strong>Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only<\/strong>&#8221; for updating apps when you are on Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Step (6):<\/strong> You are done. From now, the installed apps on your android device will be not updated automatically anymore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, you can easily disable the app auto-update feature on your Android smartphone. Disabling <strong>automatic app updates<\/strong> in android is the best way to get full control over the app updating process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Feel free to ask or share your view with us through comments about the guide on how to disable automatic app updates in <a title=\"android device\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodollartips.com\/category\/android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android device<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automatic app updates is the most valuable feature in Android that keeps your android device up-to-date with the latest app updates. 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