You will still able to check for any updates for your installed Windows apps (Metro Apps) manually and can download the updates.įollow the steps to disable automatic download of application updates in Windows 8. It will not fully disable your Windows App Update feature. Using “windows group policy” you can easily disable automatic download of Windows Store application updates in Windows 8. Suppose you have a nigh-time unlimited data usage plan, then you may prefer all downloading jobs at night to save some day-time bandwidth. But if you are not using an unlimited data plan it can increase your Band-width usage. No doubt this feature reduced manual efforts to update your favourite apps. That means whenever an update for your downloaded app will appear in “Windows App Store” your Windows 8 will automatically start downloading and installing that update. In Windows 8 by default, setting is set to automatically update the apps that you have downloaded from “Windows App Store”. This article will help you to disable automatic download of application update in Windows 8 store.
