Windows Updates > Updates: an overview > Decline selected updates

Declining updates

You may choose to decline an update. This means it will not be distributed to the computers on your network for installation.

To decline selected updates

From the left-hand pane, expand Software, expand Windows Updates, and then expand the server.
Choose Approval Pending.
From the right-hand pane, right-click the update and from the menu, choose Decline.

The selected update is added to the Declined list which you can access from the left-hand pane.

Notes

You can use the same process to decline multiple updates. First select all the updates you want to decline.
You can select all the updates in the right-hand pane by clicking a single update and then pressing Ctrl and A at the same time.

Approve updates