# Is there any way to turn off automatic updates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\ **Created:** [August 18, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-turn-off-automatic-updates/29186 "2021-08-18T21:06:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![palo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@palo](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/palo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-turn-off-automatic-updates/29186/1 "2021-08-18T21:06:54Z")
Another poster asked this question earlier but due to the firmware update mishap it was never answered - so I’ll ask it again: Is there any way to turn off automatic updates? p ---
**Author:** ![anovaculinary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/anovaculinary/32/7315_2.png) [@anovaculinary](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/anovaculinary)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-turn-off-automatic-updates/29186/2 "2021-08-19T14:22:19Z")
Will look into this for you. At this time there is not, short of disconnecting the oven from Wifi ---
**Author:** ![Ragnhild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@Ragnhild](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ragnhild)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-turn-off-automatic-updates/29186/3 "2021-08-19T18:47:43Z")
The last day’s experience clearly shows that this should be your top priority. One should be able to choose if when to download and install new software, What if you’re cooking for a big occasion and the oven starts behaving like it did this time? Probably happened to some people this time. So please, let us choose when to install new software.