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How do I disable Google Chrome extension autoupdate?
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Chrome does a good job of updating your extensions automatically, but it checks for updates on its own schedule. If you know that a new version of an extension is out but Chrome hasn't updated it, here's how to do it manually. Start Google Chrome. on the browser toolbar.
Go to "About Google Chrome," and click Automatically update Chrome for all users. Linux users: To update Google Chrome, use your package manager. Windows users: Close all Chrome windows and tabs on the desktop, then relaunch Chrome to apply the update.
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You can do this by editing the extension's manifest.json file:
On Windows: C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\<EXTENSION-ID>\<VERSION>\manifest.json (find out the extension's ID by enabling Developer Mode in the extension settings page)
On MacOS: Open /Users/USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Extensions/EXTENSION-ID/VERSION/manifest.json in a text editor.
On Ubuntu for Chromium: ${HOME}/.config/chromium/Default/Preferences
In this file, set the "update_url" property to something invalid like "https://localhost" for example. For the given url, it makes auto-updating that extension as simply impossible.
Source: https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/chrome/l3zOZeO-5-M/Y7VaR0KCWNIJ
For any OS: Just type chrome://plugins/ at address bar and turn Google Update plugin off. Source: How to disable Google Chrome auto update?
For Windows OS: Set Registry values:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update] "AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes"=dword:00000000 "UpdateDefault"=dword:00000000 Source: Making Google Chrome leave itself alone
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