Note that it’s not just Google Chrome that updates this way, other Google products on the Mac are updated through the same utility, including Google Earth. Sometimes users may find those “.plist” items in the user Library folder as well. Google Chrome also has a launch agent for Mac and other auto update items, named “.plist” and usually located in the following locations: There may be a way to disable Chromes automatic updating only but I haven’t found it, even Google offers the more broad solution outlined above. Note that this disables all automatic updates for all Google applications on the computer, not just for Chrome.

Exit out of Terminal and restart Google Chrome.

Enter the following defaults write command and hit return:ĭefaults write checkInterval 0.

Launch the Terminal, found in /Applications/Utilities/.

This works to stop Google Chrome from updating itself automatically in Mac OS X:

How to Disable Google Chrome Automatic Updates in Mac OS X

This tutorial will show you how to disable Google Software Update and Google automatic updates on the Mac, and also show you how to modify and re-enable the Google automatic update feature if you change your mind. Generally you should leave automatic update enabled for Chrome, if not for its ease than for the security benefits of having the freshest Chrome browser version pushed to your Mac automatically, but if you want to disable the sizable automatic updates to reduce Personal Hotspot data use or something similar you can do so with a defaults write command.

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