Hide individual Windows updates - how it works
If you want to hide individual updates on Windows, simply follow the steps in this practical tip.
How to hide an update from Windows
To hide an update from Windows, you must first go to the update overview.
- Go to the Control Panel and select the "Windows Update" item. Click here and look at the available updates in the update overview.
- With a click on the number of updates, you see an overview of all necessary and optional Windows updates.
- Right-click on the update you want to hide and then click on "Hide update" (see screenshot).
- You can then install all updates as usual. The hidden update is not affected by this.
In our next practical tip, you will learn how to shutdown Windows without installing updates.