Is it possible to uninstall the Windows 10 update assistant? When i delete it it just automaticly reinstalls itself when i start the pc again

Hey Dave,

The confusion for some of us, me for sure, is that on my WIN 10 Home version...

1. There is not an entry for Windows - Update Orchestrator...there is WindowsUpdate
2. There is NO 'Update Assistant' in the Right pane, there is a Center pane that has

        A. Automatic App Update

        B. Scheduled Start

3. I did go in to both & did as you instructed...uncheck "Enabled" & rebooted.

QUESTIONS & CONCERNS regarding PC's not on Compatibility list for Update 1709 (like mine)

1. How can USERS pick & choose future updates?
2. The need is to continue to have the PC up to date but NOT 1709?
3. Can you or someone in MS provide us a PROCESS please?

My PC is up to date except for 1709 & that is due to the compatibility list.

I figured out how to get to the triggers to disable them using the list in the top of the centre pane in the window. Thanks

Can you explain more fully?

I figured out how to get to the triggers to disable them using the list in the top of the centre pane in the window. Thanks

Can't speak for anyone else but for me this did not work - despite trying it three times.   Perhaps no-one here is old enough to recall the repellant 'thing' which appeared from John Hurt's chest in the original version of Ridley Scott's Alien, but that seems to me to be exactly what the Windows 10 Update Assistant has become.  It is a monster: an alien, destructive and sinister interloper which it appears utterly impossisble to deter or remove.  Please everyone, there must surely be some answer, somewhere - or must we all be forever haunted like poor Sigourney Weaver and hern dooomed spacecraft ..... ?

Like what DaveM121 said, you cannot uninstall The Update Assistant in Windows 10.

What we suggest is you can submit a feedback regarding to your concern about the Update Assistant to our Feedback Hub.

You can submit your feedback through this link.

If you have any other concerns, please don't hesitate to post back here.

This is ludicrous!!   I do not wish my application of Windows to be 'updated' at the moment.  Why, therefore, can I not delete the relevant program?  Sorry to be vulgar, but who the hell owns my computer: me or Microsoft?  I do not expect Renault to tell me how to manage my car or Bosch my dishwasher so why should the maker of the operating systrem on my computer presume to tell me what I may or may not do with it?  Or, worse, foist its products on me when I have not asked for the them or in ways that make them 'unrefusable'?  This is all some kind of technological dictatorship in which the user has no role and no say.

I had this exact problem for the longest time. I was able to fix it with the task scheduler solution, but since that's not working for you, here's a janky fix that will totally prevent it from running, it's what I've been using the last several months.

1. Right click on your desktop, select new -> text document. Open the text document.

2.  The following script continuously executes commands that will terminate Windows Update Assistant whenever it attempts to start. Copy and paste the following script into the text document:

@echo off

:Loop

taskkill /im Windows10UpgraderApp.exe /f

taskkill /im SetupHost.exe /f

goto Loop

3. Go to File -> save as...
4. Change the file name to Windows Update Killer.bat (The file name doesn't matter as long as the extension is .bat) -> select "Save as type:" -> select "all files"
5. Save the file.

After doing this, an executable file will appear on your desktop. Run the file as an administrator. A command prompt window will appear. Closing the window will terminate the script, so just keep it running and you'll never see Windows Update Assistant ever again.

Z I'm with you 100%.  I'm experiencing the same problem, feelings, all of it.  This really has to STOP!!!!!!  Someone fix this!