How to disable auto updates for Google products

Google Updater (Omaha) is a background program/service which keeps all installed Google products up to date. 

The Google Updater can be disabled for all Google Products by adding 2 Registry Keys:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleUpdate]
“InstallDefault”=dword:00000001
“UpdateDefault”=dword:00000000
 
Name Values Description
InstallDefault Disallow
00000000
Allow
00000001
Specifies whether Google software can be installed using Google Update/Google Installer.
UpdateDefault Disabled
00000000
Automatic silent updates
00000001
Manual updates only
00000002
Specifies how Google Update handles available updates.

If you want to deactivate the Google Updater for a specific Google product, use the following Registry Key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesGoogleUpdate]
"Update[GUID]"=dword:00000000

The GUIDs can be found in the following table:

Product GUID
Chrome {4DC8B4CA-1BDA-483E-B5FA-D3C12E15B62D}
Earth {74AF07D8-FB8F-4D51-8AC7-927721D56EBB}
Earth Pro {65E60E95-0DE9-43FF-9F3F-4F7D2DFF04B5}
Earth Plugin {2BF2CA35-CCAF-4E58-BAB7-4163BFA03B88}

The GUIDs may change in the future. Keep yourself up to date by downloading the current ADM File which contains the corresponding GUIDs: Download.

Regards,

SPA Team

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