How can I remove Live Tile updates in Windows 8?

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I have a very slow Internet connection and don't want Live Tiles using up my bandwidth for updates.

Is there a way to shut them off?

I've changed the Show updates for Tiles in the settings but still they show up.

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '12 at 11:57

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You can disable live update for each tile by right-clicking it and choosing "Turn live tile off":

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answered Oct 31 '12 at 11:57

Vladimir Sinenko

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Anirudh Ramanathan · Answer 2 · 2012-10-31T12:44:57.190

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In the interface, you do not have an option to change a live tile’s update frequency. There might be some registry hack to do it.

An easier way would be: To turn off individual tiles, right-click the tile on the Metro startpage, and select the turn live tile off option on the bottom toolbar.

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answered Oct 31 '12 at 11:54

Anirudh Ramanathan

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score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 01 '12 at 13:36

If you don't want to do this on a per-app basis, you can disable Live Tile notifications, Toast messages, and communications with the Windows Push Notification Service in the following Local Group Policy branch:

User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Task Bar\Notifications

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '12 at 13:10

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Just right click on the tile and select Turn live tile off

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answered Nov 01 '12 at 13:10

Aditya

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score -1 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 28 '17 at 22:12

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If you don't want to use the Metro interface with live tiles then you can install Classic Shell which is available at http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ This will remove the Metro interface being default and will default you to the regular desktop with a Start menu.

edited Sep 28 '17 at 22:12

Peter Mortensen

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answered Oct 31 '12 at 15:59

Steve

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How can I remove Live Tile updates in Windows 8?

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