Question How to Remove Google Update Notice?

accesscpu_

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I have Chrome configured to not continually auto-update, but I'm still getting the following pop-up at load (which is supremely annoying). And I'd prefer not to see this every month or so (as I manually update the browser as needed):

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Here is everything I've tried, but still can't get this one notice to stop (I was able to remove it from my other browsers, like Edge and Firefox):

1) Disabled the start-up entries in msconfig
2) Disabled all the Chrome update entries in services
3) No Chrome update entries in Task Scheduler
4) Renamed the Google Update folders in Program Files (86) by adding ".old" to the folder names (didn't find any such folder in the Users folder)
5) Block all the update.exe files I found in my BitDefender firewall.


But this annoying little friend still pops up each time. Anything else I can try?
 
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accesscpu_

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There are some mitigating circumstances here I feel I should explain:

1) I do not browse the web outside a sandbox. Ever. And I have this set to clear/delete at each instance the browser is closed.

2) Chrome is not my primary browser. I use it as a backup, so it probably doesn't get opened but maybe one a month (and usually not even that much)

3) I find that Chrome and Firefox tends to push down updates every few weeks (multiple times a month). I've had instances where I did a fresh install, and two days later it was asking me to update again. Obviously I know why, because a minor update was added that they wanted to push down (not every single one is a critical security fix). Taking into account that I only use this browser one a month...this amounts to me needing to update the app EVERY TIME I load it. And that isn't something I'm interested in doing for a simple backup browser. I update manually, as needed.

4) I would also like folks to consider that if this wasn't control that others needed/wanted, their wouldn't be a multitude of articles on various sites showing you how to do it. Even Windows always you to pause updates/notices. I'm not saying that's a good idea, but having options is better than not.

5) Back on point...is there a way to remove this notice that keeps calling back the version number? That's really all I need.
 
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Open Google .At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Settings Notifications. Next to the categories you want to turn off, tap Turn off . I think this is how you turn all google notification
 

accesscpu_

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Open Google .At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Settings Notifications. Next to the categories you want to turn off, tap Turn off . I think this is how you turn all google notification

Oh, if it were only that simple! Thanks for the suggestion, but there is no such setting for this particular update notice (even though all processes for updates have been disabled). It basically keeps telling me I'm not on the latest version and it can't update. Which is how I want it, just don't want to see this notice.

Closest setting is turning off site notifications, which I have disabled. But that's for other sites I visit.