The instructions in this article explain how to edit how Windows receives and installs updates. Depending on your version of Windows, this might mean downloading updates but not installing them, being notified but not downloading them, or even turning off Windows Update altogether.

Time Required: Changing the way Windows updates are downloaded and installed should take a few minutes at most.

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The Windows Update settings in Windows 11 haven’t changed much from Windows 10, aside from minor things like different names for the options and the method you use to get to the settings.