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Well, I think the title is self-explanatory.

I prefer to update Google Chrome under my control. Just like, as for today, can be done on FireFox, that reports about "New Update available" but offers you the possibility to start it when you desire.

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I prefer to update Google Chrome under my control.

This can be done by turning off auto updates. However you will then not be notified about new updates and you will have to manually check for them.

Warning:

  • Turning off auto-updates means you may miss an update that includes security fixes.

Turning Off Auto Updates in Google Chrome

Turning off Auto-Updates on Windows

To turn off auto-updates of Google Chrome on Windows, you need to instruct Google Update to not update it. To do this, you can either:

  1. Use the Google Update ADM templates provided on this page or as described in this article.
  2. Set the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update\AutoUpdateCheckPeriodMinutes to the REG_DWORD value of "0".

Warning: To prevent abuse of this policy, if a device is not joined to an Active Directory domain, and if this policy has been set to 0 or to a value greater than 77 hours, this setting will not be honored and replaced by 77 hours after August 2014. If you are affected by this, and still want to disable Chrome updates (NOT RECOMMENDED), you may do so by using 'Update policy override' as described here.

More information about Google Update's group policy support is here.

If you run into this error while trying to push an MSI over an existing MSI:

  • “Google Chrome or Google Chrome Frame cannot be updated on account of inconsistent Google Update Group Policy settings. Use the Group Policy Editor to set the update policy override for the Google Chrome Binaries application and try again.”

You will need to update your group policy settings by following the instructions here.

Turning off Auto-Updates on Mac

More information about turning off auto-updates on a Mac network is here.

Turning off Auto-Updates on Linux

Google Chrome and Chromium are not auto-updated automatically on Linux; your package manager handles this.

Manually checking for Updates:

Q: How do I know if there is an auto-update happening soon?

A: You can subscribe to the blog at http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com, which lists every dev, beta, and stable release of Google Chrome.

Source Turning Off Auto Updates in Google Chrome - The Chromium Projects


Further Reading

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  • Possibly useful, but not actually answering the main question: «Google Chrome to notify about new updates». Jul 14, 2018 at 21:52
  • @SopalajodeArrierez It does answer the main question - the answer says it is not possible and provides a workaround.
    – DavidPostill
    Jul 14, 2018 at 21:54

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