If you place a connection to the Internet in the metered state of Windows 10, Windows will avoid downloading updates when connecting to this connection. Windows 10 will automatically put some connections (such as mobile data connection) into metered status. But you can also set your own connections to the metered state in a limited state. As long as the connection status is limited, Windows updates will not be downloaded
. Also, after disconnecting and reconnecting, the connector status remains in the metered mode, unless you reset it from the metered mode.
As a result, if you are using a limited traffic Internet, it is suggested to enable metered status on it. You can disable the metered status from the connection during the late hours of the free download, so that updates can be made.
To do this, first connect to your Internet connection in Windows.
Then run the Settings app.
Go to Network & Internet and click the Advanced options under the list of Wi-Fi networks.
Now set Set as metered connection to On.
As mentioned, this option only affects your current Internet connection and Windows remembers this setting separately for each connection.
After activating this option, if you go to Windows Update, you will see that Windows considers your current connection to be a limited connection and prevents automatic updates. But there's still a download button for downloading updates at your discretion.
Turn off Windows 10 auto-updates through the registry
This method is available through the Windows Registry Editor and is available in all versions of Windows 10 except for the Home Edition.
First press the Win + R combination keys.
In the Run window, type regedit and enter.
In the Registry Editor window, go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ WindowsUpdate \ AU
Right-click on the space on the right of the window and select DWORD Value (32-bit) from the New menu.
Name this new value as AUOptions.
Double-click on AUOptions, and in the window that opens, enter the value in the Value field based on one of the following:
1: Notification before downloading and installing updates.
2: Download auto downloads and information before installing them.
3: Download the automated downloads and plan to install them.
Then click on the OK button.
You can download registry files from the list to change the Windows Update settings here, and download each one to your own.