Remove Update And Shutdown Option From Windows 11 Power Menu

But what if you want to shut down your PC but at the same time, don’t want the pending update to be installed at that point in time? Well, for that, you take several different approaches, such as force shut-down via CMD, delete the downloaded update files from the SoftwareDistribution folder, or simply use the option provided by Windows in the Start Menu. Yes, in Windows 11, if there is a pending update, then you will also get the normal Shutdown and Restart options, along with the usual Update and Shutdown and Update and Restart. So you could easily select the shutdown option from the Power menu and your PC will turn off without the updates being installed. However, you could take this a step ahead and further simplify the Start Menu by removing the Update and Shutdown option from the Power Menu on your Windows 11 PC. Not only will this give you a cluttered free Power menu, but will also prevent any instance wherein users mistakenly end up clicking on the Update button. So on that note, let’s check out how this could be carried out.

These were the steps to remove the Update and Shutdown option from the Windows 11 Power Menu. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.

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