How to turn off automatic app updates on Android

By default, Android or iPhone will automatically update applications on the phone so that you can use the latest features of the application. However, not all new versions of the application you want to download, or automatic updates of Android applications will consume a lot of data. If so, we can turn off automatic updates of applications on Android like turning off automatic updates of applications on iPhone . Below are instructions to turn off Android application updates for all applications or just the applications you want.

How to turn off automatic Android app updates

Step 1:

First, you access the Google Play Store and then click on the account avatar in the top right corner of the interface. Switch to the new interface, click on Settings to adjust again.

Step 2:

In the interface as shown, we continue to click on Network Priority Selection . Then you will see the option to Automatically update applications to change the settings on Android.

Step 3:

Now you see 3 different settings for automatic Android app updates. To turn off automatic Android app updates, tap Don't auto-update apps , then tap OK to save.

This way all the apps and games installed on your Android phone will no longer be updated automatically.

How to turn off automatic updates for specific apps on Android

In case you only want to turn off automatic updates of some specific applications, we also make adjustments in Google Play Store.

Step 1:

Also at the Google Play Store interface, we enter the name of the application that we do not want to update automatically. Then click on the application found below.

Step 2:

We click on the application to access the information of this application. In the interface as shown, the user clicks on the 3 dots icon in the top right corner of the screen.

Step 3:

At this point, the user will see the Enable automatic updates setting . We will uncheck this option to not update the new version only for this application.