

The “official” Google-given method given is this, but it doesn’t work.

You can set the update behavior of the web browser to one of the following four options: Double-click on "update policy override".Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Google > Google Update > Google Chrome.Load the Group Policy Editor: tap on the Windows-key, type gpedit.msc, and hit the Enter-key.Extract the contents of the archive, and copy it to C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions.Download the Google Update administrative template XML-based file from this Google support page.Note that this works only on professional or Enterprise versions of Windows, and not Windows 10 Home as Group Policy is not part of Home editions of Windows. If that is the case, you need to override updates by setting the "update override policy" that is part of the Google Update administrative template. The period is reduced to 77 hours in this case. Note that Google resumes updating checking automatically for any computer that is not joined to an Active Directory domain. If the value does not exist, right-click on Update and select New > Dword (32-bit) Value.Set the value AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes to 0.If Google and/or Update don't exist, create the keys with a right-click on the previous one and the selection of New > Key from the context menu.

Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update.Tap on the Windows-key on the computer keyboard, type regedit.exe, and hit the Enter-key.There is an option however, and it involves setting a Registry key and installing the Google Update policy administrative template.īest case scenario is the following one: if the computer is connected to an Active directory domain, all that is required is to set the following Registry value: As mentioned already, Chrome does not ship with a preference that you can flip to block program updates.
