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# Disabling Automatic Update
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Many users do not want Application Update to run automatically. This page
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describes different ways to accomplish this.
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## Update Only With User Permission
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This is the only option that can be activated from within Firefox. With this
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mechanism, Firefox checks for updates as it normally would. When it finds one, a
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notification is shown letting the user know that an update is available and
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requesting permission to download and install it. When this is accepted, the
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process continues as it would in automatic application update: the download is
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started, and then installed the next time Firefox restarts. If the user doesn't
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do this on their own within a update-channel-dependent time frame, a
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notification will be shown prompting the user to restart to update.
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To use this mechanism:
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1. Navigate the browser to `about:preferences` or click on "Settings" in the
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hamburger menu.
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2. Find the Update section. This can be done by searching for "Update".
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3. Select the option "Check for updates but let you choose to install them".
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## Pin Firefox's version
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This option is intended for managed enterprise installations that want to keep
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Firefox at a particular version on many machines. At some point, generally after
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testing the new Firefox version for compatibility with needed resources,
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installations of Firefox on all machines should be updated. This can be done by
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setting a pin to the version needed. Then, once prepared for the update, the
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pin can be changed to the new version. Note that pins cannot be used to
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downgrade Firefox.
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Since this option can prevent updates from being installed without specific,
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unprompted user action, it cannot be changed from within the browser for
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[security reasons](DesignPrinciples.md#malware-resistance).
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To activate this feature, see the instructions on how to use Policies,
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[here](https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/), as well as the specific
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Policy, [here](https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#appupdatepin).
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## Manual Updates Only
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This option disables automatic update checking except when the user loads the
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update UI. It will not prompt the user to update. Updates can only be installed
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by clicking the button in the update UI, which can be found in the Update
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section of `about:preferences` or in the Help->About dialog.
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Since this option can prevent updates from being installed without specific,
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unprompted user action, it cannot be changed from within the browser for
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[security reasons](DesignPrinciples.md#malware-resistance).
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To activate this feature, see the instructions on how to use Policies,
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[here](https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/), as well as the specific
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Policy, [here](https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#manualappupdateonly).
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## Fully Disable Updates
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This option disables the update system altogether, preventing Firefox from being
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able to update. Neither automatic update nor manual update will function.
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Since this option can prevent updates from being installed without specific,
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unprompted user action, it cannot be changed from within the browser for
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[security reasons](DesignPrinciples.md#malware-resistance).
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To activate this feature, see the instructions on how to use Policies,
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[here](https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/), as well as the specific
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Policy, [here](https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#disableappupdate).
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