You can also click on “Stop” link that you can find under the Windows Update option on the window’s top left side.Ĥ. In the next step, you need to click right on “Windows Update” and select “Stop” option from the context menu.
From its status, you can check if it is running.ģ. Here to find the Windows Update service you have to scroll down. In the services window, you can see a list of all services that are running in the windows background. Click right on it and then select the “Run as Administrator” option.Ģ. After typing this in the search box you will find the Services application as a search result.
Open the Search windows box and type “Services in Windows 10”. This is the method for stopping Windows 10 updates in services.ġ. As long as you are comfortable with your device being at risk or you intend to allow updates to finish later, you can stop the update in progress.