{"id":25620,"date":"2024-03-16T05:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T05:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-turn-off-updates-in-windows-11\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T06:36:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T06:36:50","slug":"how-to-turn-off-updates-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-turn-off-updates-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to turn off updates in Windows 11?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To turn off automatic updates for Windows 11, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the &#8220;Settings&#8221; menu. 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