# Turn off automatic update checks

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946>\
**Category:** 💻 Desktop\
**Tags:** mac\
**Created:** [July 10, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946 "2020-07-10T07:39:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![andredb90](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/andredb90/32/21041_2.png) [@andredb90](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/andredb90)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946/1 "2020-07-10T07:39:00Z")

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Is it possible to manage the Nexcloud general settings with a script or configuration profile?

I’d like to change autoUpdateCheck to false but it’s part of the .cfg which lives in the user Library.

There used to be a .plist that we could use to disable automatic updates but that .plist doesn’t exist anymore.

[https://docs.nextcloud.com/desktop/2.3/autoupdate.html](https://docs.nextcloud.com/desktop/2.3/autoupdate.html)

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![devnull](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/devnull/32/27793_2.png) [@devnull](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/devnull)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946/2 "2020-07-10T07:55:03Z")

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Not tested:  
`'updatechecker' => true,`

[https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/19/admin\_manual/configuration\_server/config\_sample\_php\_parameters.html](https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/19/admin_manual/configuration_server/config_sample_php_parameters.html)

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**Author:** ![andredb90](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/andredb90/32/21041_2.png) [@andredb90](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/andredb90)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946/3 "2020-07-10T08:17:43Z")

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Thanks for the quick response.

I’m looking to manage the Nextcloud.app on the client (macOS) itself. Or is the app pulling those settings from the server?

Looks like “updatechecker” is now

[Nextcloud]  
autoUpdateCheck=true

From client .cfg file. under v2.6.5

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**Author:** ![devnull](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/devnull/32/27793_2.png) [@devnull](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/devnull)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946/4 "2020-07-10T09:31:14Z")

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Sorry. I thought the update of nextcloud software on the server.

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946/5 "2024-12-14T17:34:23Z")

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 5:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/turn-off-automatic-update-checks/86946/6 "2024-12-14T17:34:25Z")

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