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You’ll see a “Restart now” button toward the top of the screen, next to “Schedule the restart.” Assuming you don’t want to do that, click on “Schedule the restart” to finish the install later. If updates are ready, you can click “Restart now” to restart immediately (and get it over with).If you don’t see that an update is available, click “Check for updates” at the top of the Windows Update menu to make sure. If an update’s available, you’ll see it at the top of the screen.Windows will usually need to restart to finish installing updates - and since an update can take your computer out of service for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, you may want to adjust the restart times for when it’s most convenient. Scroll down the “Pause updates” for a longer pause “Select date” lets you choose a date to resume Adjust restart times Note: you can only pause updates for up to 35 days, after which you’ll have to update your device before you can pause the updates again. Scroll down to “Pause updates.” Here, you can select a date to pause updates until. If you’d like to pause updates up to a specific date, click on “Advanced options” toward the bottom of the page.(I was able to pause for up to five weeks.) You can click on “Resume updates” toward the top of the screen to undo this.Ĭlick on “Resume updates” when you’re ready If you want, you can keep clicking “Pause updates for 7 more days” to delay updates for additional weeks. The Windows Update page will now tell you that your updates have been paused.Directly below, you’ll see “Pause updates for 7 days.” Click on that to stop your device from updating for a week. Otherwise, you’ll be told you’re up to date. You can also check to see if you have any updates waiting. If you have any updates pending, you’ll find them listed on top.

You want to find yourself on the Windows Update page If you’re not, click on “Windows Update” in the left-hand sidebar.

You should be on the Windows Update page.

Click on the cog wheel in the lower left to open Settings.

If you want to hold off in case of any potential glitches or would rather put them off as long as possible, here is how to adjust your settings. There is also a way to disable updates, but it too is not permanent. You can’t stop updates altogether, but you can pause them.

In addition, sometimes updates come at an inconvenient time - for example, when you’re in the middle of a project with a tight deadline. But very occasionally an update can go wrong, and so some Windows users prefer to postpone updates for a week or two to make sure that there aren’t any problems being delivered with the update. They are, for the most part, a good thing. Windows 10 updates, which Microsoft sends to your system regularly, are meant to keep your operating system current.