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How to Disable Delivery Optimization Service in Windows
Delivery Optimization Service may lead to high data consumption
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Updated onSeptember 30, 2024
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Many reasons can make you want to disable Delivery Optimization Service on your Windows PC. This guide will discuss ways to disable Delivery Optimization Service in a few steps. To learn more about services, you might want to check our how-toopen services.mscguide for more information.
How do I turn off/disable Delivery Optimization Service?
1. Via Windows Settings
Toggling off the switch for the Allow downloads from other PCs option will disable Delivery Optimization from working during Windows Update.
2. Via Registry Editor
The above steps will tweak the Delivery Optimization service registry key to disable it. You can tear through our article on how to fix acorrupt registry on Windows.
In any case, you can make use ofanother methodthat automatically scans your registry and repairs potential issues, which helps you perform this action without causing system malfunctions.
3. Turn off using Windows Services
Disabling the Delivery Optimization service will prevent its activities from running on your PC.
4. Via Group Policy
Enabling the Simple 99 download mode removes peer-to-peer support and allows Delivery Optimization downloads using HTTP only.
Check our guide about how to fixGroup Policy errorsin the Windows operating system.
5. Turn off by enabling a Metered Connection
Windows will not use the Delivery Optimization service to upload or download updates when a Metered connection is on.
What does a Delivery Optimization Service do?
Delivery Optimization Service is an HTTP downloader with a cloud-managed solution. It allows Windows devices to download Windows updates, upgrades, applications, and other large package files from alternate sources.
Furthermore, it helps reduce bandwidth consumption by allowing multiple devices in your deployment to download these packages. Also, Delivery Optimization on Windows PC allows the system and Store apps to update faster on your network.
However, the Delivery Optimization Service can cause issues such as increased data usage if you use a metered connection. Hence, you should disable it on your PC for better performance.
Alternatively, our readers can check our comprehensive article about ways toturn on and off a Metered Connectionon Windows 11.
For more information, you can check our article aboutDelivery Optimization filesand how to delete them.
For further questions or suggestions on this guide, kindly drop them in the comments section.
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Henderson Jayden Harper
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Passionate about technology, Crypto, software, Windows, and everything computer-related, he spends most of his time developing new skills.
