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How To Disable Automatic App Updates In Android, Ios, Windows by Livelytechs: 12:38am On Feb 14, 2019
If you are looking to turn off the automatic updates of apps on your device then you have landed on right place. In mobile devices by default the automatic app updates is on to keep your apps updated. As the apps gets updates on daily basis, it needs lots of money for the network connection. So it’s better to keep the App updates notification on and disable the automatic updates of apps. So in this article I have explained how to disable automatic app updates in Android, iOS and Windows devices.
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Disable Automatic App updates in Android
For the largest base user of mobile devices, Android has provided feature to disable automatic updates in Play Store which you can find on every Android powered device. Follow the below steps to achieve the same:

Open Play Store app.
Now tap on the hamburger icon on top left side.android app update - icon
Next tap on Settings.android automatic app updates - settings
It will open a screen, tap on “Auto-update apps”. A list will be shown with option as shown in the picture.android app updates - auto update
Choose “Do not auto-update apps” or you can also choose “Auto-update apps over WiFi” so that apps will start getting update once it will find the WiFi connection.android automatic app updates - disable options

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Turn off Automatic App updates in iOS
If you are an iPhone user then you can easily stop iOS apps automatically updating. Below goes the steps:

Open Settings in your iOS device.
Next, tap on iTunes & App Store.app updates - settings
A screen will open, there you can see an option of Updates. You can turn off that to stop the automatic updates of apps.app updates - itunes & app store

Stop automatic app updates in Windows
For Windows mobile device users, the method to stop automatic updates is same like Android means you will find the option inside the Store app. Follow the below steps:

In your Windows device, open the Store app.
Tap on the three horizontal dots at the bottom.windows app updates - three dots
Next, tap on Settings. It will open the settings screen of your app store.
Under App updates, disable the Update apps automatically option. You can also choose the other option if you want the apps to get updates automatically over WiFi.windows app updates - disable options

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It’s recommended to keep the app updates notification enabled, so that whenever an app update comes you get notified. So this article has explained how you can easily disable automatic app updates in all the three major platforms (Android, iOS & Windows).

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