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

Hi David,

For us to isolate this further, please help us verify the following:

• What's the current version and build of your Windows 10 computer?
• What are the options available when you open the Task Scheduler? Could you provide us a screenshot of it?

To check for your computer's current version and build, just type in winver in Cortana search and hit Enter.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Regards.

I am having the same problem and it has been going on for over a year.  I have my original version Windows 1511 (OS Build 10586.1176), I have tried numerous times to upgrade to the newer versions. Now it keeps trying to add security updates for the newer versions. Because they aren't there, it says it failed and just keeps trying again. It seems like my computer is continuously running trying to do they updates. The ones that come through from 1511 succeed. I am getting really frustrated with this, do I need to get rid of Windows 10 on my computer, or can you stop the upgrade attempts to the newer versions, and I can just live with version 1511. I really am not having any problems with it, but I am soooooo tired of this constant upgrade problem.

Here is the information you have requested.

David

Hi David,

For us to isolate this further, please help us verify the following:

• What's the current version and build of your Windows 10 computer?
• What are the options available when you open the Task Scheduler? Could you provide us a screenshot of it?

To check for your computer's current version and build, just type in winver in Cortana search and hit Enter.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Regards.

I am having the same problem and it has been going on for over a year.  I have my original version Windows 1511 (OS Build 10586.1176), I have tried numerous times to upgrade to the newer versions. Now it keeps trying to add security updates for the newer versions. Because they aren't there, it says it failed and just keeps trying again. It seems like my computer is continuously running trying to do they updates. The ones that come through from 1511 succeed. I am getting really frustrated with this, do I need to get rid of Windows 10 on my computer, or can you stop the upgrade attempts to the newer versions, and I can just live with version 1511. I really am not having any problems with it, but I am soooooo tired of this constant upgrade problem.

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.

Thanks for the information. Worked a treat!!

I disabled all the triggers and then disable the task in the left panel for good measure.

No more update assistant pop ups!.

Thanks again for the information