Why can't turn off the Sublime 3 updates notification by adding "update_check":false in user setting file?

Question

I want to turn off the Sublime 3 updates notification, so I go to Preferences -> Settings-User and edited it like this:

{     "auto_close_tags": true,     "font_size": 18,     "hot_exit": false,     "remember_open_files": false,     "show_encoding": true,     "update_check": false } 

but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

Add this line in your host file.

127.0.0.1       www.sublimetext.com

for linux, host file is /etc/hosts and for windows it is C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Update : If you want to open sublime website on your browser then make sure to undo these changes.

Answer 2

You need to register the software for "update_check": false to work.

https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1206#issuecomment-221630273

The deal is that if you're not paying, then your contribution is to help with testing the software, and for that you need to be using the latest version.