{"id":168601,"date":"2023-06-14T03:45:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T03:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/?p=168601"},"modified":"2026-01-06T08:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:37:40","slug":"how-to-prevent-automatic-driver-update-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/how-to-prevent-automatic-driver-update-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent Automatic Driver Update in Windows 11 \u2013 Practical Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"

With These Tricks, You Can Prevent Windows 11 From Automatically Downloading And Installing Driver Updates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Windows 11 periodically automatically downloads and installs updates to secure and optimize Microsoft’s default software and hardware drivers. Although this feature makes it easy to find and install updates, Updates made available in this way may not always be the latest version and may have incompatible drivers.<\/p>\n

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Here are some ways to handle Windows 11 automatic updates if you have issues and want to pause or update them manually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stop updating drivers using the Group Policy Editor.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

To prevent the automatic installation and update of Windows 11 drivers through the Group Policy Editor<\/a>, do the following:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Enter\u00a0Start<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Search for gpedit<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0click on the first result.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Follow this path:<\/p>\n

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Manage updates offered from Windows Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Right-click on the phrase\u00a0“Do not include a driver with Windows Update”<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0select\u00a0Edit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Right-click<\/figure>\n

5.\u00a0In the opened window,\u00a0select the\u00a0Enabled option.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"In<\/figure>\n

6.\u00a0Click\u00a0Apply<\/strong>\u00a0and then\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This will prevent drivers from automatically updating. Repeat the above steps whenever you want to return the settings to the previous state and select\u00a0“Not configured” in step 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prevent automatic driver updates through\u00a0Settings.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

To stop Windows 11 updates<\/a> through\u00a0Settings,<\/strong>\u00a0do the following steps:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Open\u00a0Settings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Click\u00a0on\u00a0System.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Click the About<\/strong>\u00a0page\u00a0on the right side of the window.<\/p>\n

\"Click<\/figure>\n

4. Click\u00a0“Advanced system settings” on the opened page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Click\u00a0"Advanced<\/figure>\n

5.\u00a0Click\u00a0on the\u00a0Hardware tab.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Select\u00a0“Device Installation Settings.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Select\u00a0"Device<\/figure>\n

7.\u00a0On the screen that appears,\u00a0click\u00a0“No (your device might not work as expected).”<\/strong><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Click the\u00a0Save Changes<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Click\u00a0OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To Prevent Automatic Driver Updates: After completing the steps above, automatic driver updates will stop.<\/span><\/p>\n

From now on, you will need to perform any system updates manually. To restore the settings to their default state, repeat the steps above and select “Yes” only in step 7.<\/p>\n

By applying the methods mentioned, the ability to update hardware drivers via Windows Update will be disabled. Still, installing updates from the file on the local drive will be possible.<\/p>\n

FAQ<\/h2>\n
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What is the easiest way to stop automatic driver updates?<\/h3>\n
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Use Device Installation Settings in System Properties and choose \u201cNo\u201d to prevent Windows from automatically downloading and installing driver updates.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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How can Group Policy be used to prevent driver updates?<\/h3>\n
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In Windows 11 Pro\/Enterprise\/Education, enable the \u201cDo not include drivers with Windows Update\u201d policy in the Local Group Policy Editor to exclude drivers from automatic updates.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Is it possible to stop automatic driver updates on Windows 11 Home?<\/h3>\n
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Yes \u2014 you can change Device Installation Settings or use Registry edits to block driver updates since Home lacks Group Policy Editor.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With These Tricks, You Can Prevent Windows 11 From Automatically Downloading And Installing Driver Updates. Windows 11 periodically automatically downloads and installs updates to secure and optimize Microsoft’s default software and hardware drivers. Although this feature makes it easy to find and install updates, Updates made available in this way may not always be the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":168602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-168601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows","tag-windows"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168601"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266740,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168601\/revisions\/266740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ded9.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}