[Qgis-user] Disable QGIS auto update

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi all,

That is also my assumption. QGIS itself doesn't enforce any update. We do
not have or want such mechanisms. There must be other mechanisms at work in
your IT system that auto-updates things if there is a newer version
available.

Andreas

On Wed, 3 Jun 2026 at 08:53, Burghardt Scholle via QGIS-User <
qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi Frederik,
>
> just a suggestion: Could it be that a WinGet process is running in the
> background via Intune and updating applications without asking?
>
> BR
> Burghardt
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: QGIS-User [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Im Auftrag von
> Andrea Giudiceandrea via QGIS-User
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. Juni 2026 11:48
> An: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] Disable QGIS auto update
>
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>
>
> Hi all,
> another user recently reported to this mailing list that their QGIS
> installation on a Windows system kept updating itself from 3.44 to 4.0
> against their will [1].
>
> After various messages, it turned out that the issue was due to the fact
> that their "outsourced IT provider was updating it due to their cyber
> security protocol" [2].
>
> Also recently, another user reported on gis.stackexchange the same issue
> [3] without giving further explanations.
>
> Regards.
>
> Andrea Giudiceandrea
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2026-April/056229.html
> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2026-May/056270.html
> [3]
> https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/500715/disable-autoupdate-of-qgis
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Andreas Neumann
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