How to Easily Pause & Restore Windows 10/11 Updates — No Side Effects, Works on All Versions

Here’s the simplest and most universal method that works across all Windows versions:

Press ​​WIN + R​​ to open the Run dialog, then enter:

reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings” /v FlightSettingsMaxPauseDays /t reg_dword /d 10000 /f

(Just copy-paste it after pressing ​​Win + R​​ to open the Run dialog.)

You can pause updates all the way until after the year 2052.

The way to resume updates is even simpler — just click “Resume Updates.” This is probably the easiest and most user-friendly method available online right now.