How to Disable Restart after Updating on Windows 11

Step 1. Turn Off Restart Notification

Turning off this option prevents Windows from rebooting automatically at the earliest opportunity.

• Press Win + I to open Windows Settings.

• In the left navigation bar, click Windows Update.

• Then select Advanced options in the right pane.

• Turn off Notify me when a restart is required to finish updating.

Step 2. Disable Auto Reboot

This tells Windows not to auto-restart while a user is logged in.

• Press Win + R to open the Run dialog box, and enter regedit in it to open the Registry Editor.

• Navigate to the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

• If the WindowUpdate or AU keys are not there, create them first by right-clicking the upper key and selecting New > Key.

• Then right-click in the right pane of the AU key, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value to create a new value.

• Name the value NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers.

• Double-click the value and set its data to 1.

• Click on OK to close the Registry Editor.

• Restart Windows Explorer or the PC.