Delay downloading and installing updates for Office: registry value deferupdatedaysComputerHKLM\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate

Policy ID: L_DeferUpdateDays
Scope: Computer Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Office 2016 (Machine) › Updates

Registry

deferupdatedays

REG_DWORDComputer

HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Days:
Value type: REG_DWORD
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 14

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate]

; Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data
"deferupdatedays"=dword:<enter value>

CMD

:: Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data

reg add "HKLM\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate" /v "deferupdatedays" /t REG_DWORD /d "<enter value>" /f

PowerShell

# Value names and types follow the ADMX. Replace <enter value> below with your own data

New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\officeupdate' -Name 'deferupdatedays' -PropertyType DWord -Value '<enter value>' -Force | Out-Null