The Google Play Store is famous in the Android community for being the place where Android users can download and install all their favorite apps and games. However, there is much more than that to what the Google Play Store does. Have you ever wondered how all the apps and games that are installed on your smartphone are always kept updated? Well, the Google Play Store is responsible for that.
Even though having third-party apps and games that automatically update themselves might sound like a quality of life feature, some Android users might have a problem with it. Updates can be fairly large in size and they will take up lots of internal storage space. Not just that, but updates can also drain mobile data which is infamous for being super expensive. This is why today we are going to show everyone a simple trick that will restrict the Google Play Store from automatically updating apps.
How to Disable Automatic Updates
One of the best things about the Google Play Store is the fact that Google has equipped it with a friendly UI (User Interface) so that everyone can access all its features, not only tech-savvy Android users. With that said, all that Android users need to do in order to disable automatic updates is to follow the next steps:
- Access the “Settings” panel in Google Play Store;
- Head over to the “General” tab;
- Tap on “Auto-update-apps”;
- All that’s left to do now is to tap on the “Do not auto-update apps”.
Conclusion
As everyone can see, disabling the Google Play Store from automatically updating third-party apps is fairly simple and it doesn’t take longer than a couple of seconds to do it. We should note that enabling the feature back doesn’t require any other steps than to access the “Auto-update-apps” tab and then enable the “Do not auto-update apps” option back again.
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