Turn Off Automatic App Updates in Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8.1

Turn Off Automatic App Updates in Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8.1

Android

Android gives you a fair amount of freedom about updates. You can turn off all updates, or limit updates to Wi-Fi downloads only. You can also enable updates for only specific apps .
To turn updates on or off, follow these steps:

1. Open Google Play.
2. Tap the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) on the top-left.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap Auto-update apps.
5. To disable automatic app updates, select Do not auto-update apps.
6. If you want to instead auto-update apps only when you're connected to a WiFi network, tap Auto-update apps over Wi-Fi only in the same pop-up.

Android also lets you choose which apps you want to update automatically.

1. To turn on auto-update for any app, go to the app page in the Google Play app.
2. Tap the three vertical dots in the top right.
3. Check Auto-update. 
   
   iOS
   
   On iOS, you can choose to either have automatic updates on or off, and if on, you can choose whether or not to use your mobile connection to download apps.  If you want to stop all automatic updates, the steps are simple:

1. Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store.
2. To disable all automatic app updates, turn off the green switch next to Updates.

Windows Phone 8.1

If you want to automatically update apps, but only when you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, leave updates on and turn off Use Mobile Data instead.

1. Open Store.
2. Tap the three horizontal dots icon on the bottom-right.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap the switch next to Update apps automatically to turn it off.
5. You can instead turn on Only get updates over Wi-Fi to avoid unnecessary cellular data charges.

Windows 8.1

The settings for the Windows 8.1 app updates are very similar to Windows Phone 8.1. If you have a Windows 8.1 machine, you can follow these steps to disable automatic app updates.

1. Open Store.
2. Swipe from the right edge of the screen (or press the Windows Key + C) to reveal the Charms Bar.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap App Updates.
5. Tap the button below Automatically update my apps to change it from Yes to No.