FULLY disable automatic updates?

[Bawstun]

Been an Apple user over 11 years now so I’m a little frustrated that I can’t figure out how to disable automatic iOS updates.

I’ve already done two things:

General > iTunes & App Store > turned automatic updates off (all 3 sliders).

I’ve gone into iPhone storage and deleted the fully downloaded update, all 1.61GB of it.

But I’ve done this twice now. Somehow it is still downloading and requesting to update even though I have it disabled. I just checked again...

Is there something I’m missing? Some SECOND way I need to do this?

I am on the iPhone SE running 11.4.1 and I do NOT want iOS 12. I’m happy with my 7 hours of browsing and data usage tonight from a 64% charge. Sooner of later I feel like Apple is gonna sneakily install iOS 12 on this phone and I don’t want the slowdown or the loss of battery.

 

[C DM]

There is no user option to disable automatic download of an update (which can only happen when the device is on WiFi and is connected to a power source). iOS won't get installed unless you actually authorize it to do so.

If you want to try to avoid automatic download of updates, you can try installing a tvOS or watchOS beta profile on the device and that will basically never find an iOS version for the device to update to and thus will not download a new version (as it will never think there is one).

 

[Bawstun]

There is no user option to disable automatic download of an update (which can only happen when the device is on WiFi and is connected to a power source). iOS won't get installed unless you actually authorize it to do so.

If you want to try to avoid automatic download of updates, you can try installing a tvOS or watchOS beta profile on the device and that will basically never find an iOS version for the device to update to and thus will not download a new version (as it will never think there is one).

I don’t feel like this is true. Because after downloading 1.61GB without asking, there was no option to postpone after the second pop up. The first pop up says “not now” but last night the only popup I received said “later” and it was a numbered unlock screen, as if to enter a passcode. Either enter passcode to approve the update or hit “later” were the two options that time. I hit later and it said it would auto-install between 11pm-5am if connected to power. That was the second time I had to go in and delete it. And I wasn’t on WiFi connected to power at all yesterday...