Looking for a way to prevent the Xbox App to update the games automatically

Discussion in 'Application Software' started by Dr4w, Jul 20, 2022.

  1. Dr4w

    Dr4w MDL Junior Member

    Feb 3, 2017
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    Hi,
    I'm looking for a way to prevent the Xbox App to update the games automatically, since it likes to update stuff even tho the app is not open and all the automatic updates within both the Xbox and Microsoft store app are disabled.
    I'm fairly sure the issue is not on my side but instead it's the app itself or windows allowing this to happen, as I have asked to other users which confirmed to experience the same thing.
    Now, it's not very clear to me which service is managind the updates as it's not the app itself (app closed and service not active and still performing the background downloads), so I'm not sure what I should look for.
    Does anyone know if there is a way to find out exactly which service is managing the downloads and prevent it to update stuff without my consent? Maybe by blocking internet access for that service entirely and only active it when I want or maybe there's a better way to do it.
    Thanks.