How To Stop Windows 11 22H2 Update From Installing

While all this definitely looks good on paper, however, not everyone will be willing to bring in all these features at once, as they would like to keep things plain and simple. Then there are a set of users who are quite satisfied with their current OS offering and don’t see any motive to jump on this bandwagon. Then some users usually like to wait for a few weeks, check out the overall feedback, and only if it is positive, do they welcome the new update. Likewise, developers also don’t usually adapt to the new ecosystem as establishing a new testing environment from scratch takes a lot of additional time and effort. Well, all these reasonings are completely justified and if you echo any of these thoughts, then your best bet is to stop the latest Windows 11 22H2 update from installing on your PC. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along.

How to Stop Windows 11 22H2 Update from Installing

We have listed four different methods that will help you get this job done. Go through each one of them and then try out the one that is in sync with your requirement.

This is the easiest way of disabling the update. However, you will only be able to disable it for five weeks at one go. Then when the fifth week comes, you could again disable it for five more weeks, and so on. So this shouldn’t be a cause of any major concern.

Stop Windows 11 22H2 Update from Installing via Group Policy Editor

Using the Group Policy Editor, you could pause the update for a maximum period of one year in on go. Then when the first year is about to end, you could again expand this duration to one more year, and so on.

Stay on Current OS via Group Policy Editor

Instead of preventing the 22H2 update from arriving on your PC, we would force your PC to stay on the current OS build. We will be using one of the Group Policy Editor policies to get this job done. Follo along.

Stay on Current OS via Registry Editor

You could instruct your PC to stay on the same OS build and not welcome any new update [22H2] using Registry Editor. Before starting, make sure to take a registry backup beforehand. That’s it. These were the four different methods using which you could stop the latest Windows 11 22H2 update from installing on your PC. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

How to Re-Install Windows 11 22H2 Update

If your objective of not installing the 22H2 update is now complete and you a ready to welcome this update onto your PC, then refer to the below method to get this job done right away. It goes without saying that you should refer to the method that you initially used to implement this restriction.

Head over to Settings > Windows Updates and click on Resume Update. It will bypass the restrictions and install the update right away.

Via Group Policy Editor

Just change the state of the “Select when Preview Builds and Feature Updates are received” policy to Not Configured.

Using Group Policy Editor

Change the state of the “Select the target Feature Update version” policy to Not Configured.

Via Registry Editor

Delete the “WindowsUpdate” key from the following location: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows.

That’s it. These were the steps to remove the restrictions and bring back the Windows 11 22H2 update onto our PC. Al your queries regarding the same are welcomed in the comments section below.

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