ArcGIS Earth Config File Parameter for Update Checking

JamesN — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:39:24 GMT

It would be really helpful from an organizational perspective if we could have a parameter in the config file to prevent checking for updates. Our users are not able to install updates on their own, so we would prefer the update dialogs to not be available to them and for it to not check for updates automatically.

Re: ArcGIS Earth Config File Parameter for Update Checking

Lexie — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:17:49 GMT

Hi @JamesN ,

Thank you for using ArcGIS Earth.

You can disable the updater by setting the autoUpdate parameter to False. When this is set to False, no updater-related options will be visible in the ArcGIS Earth UI, and the application will not perform automatic update checks. For more details on this setting, refer to the ArcGIS Earth administrative documentation.

For example:

<autoUpdate enable="True">
    <checkOnStartup>True</checkOnStartup>
</autoUpdate>

Setting enable="False" will completely disable the updater functionality.

Feel free to reach out if you have any further questions.

Thanks,

Lexie

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