# New command-line flag "disable check for updates"

**URL:** <https://forum.duplicati.com/t/new-command-line-flag-disable-check-for-updates/8052>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [September 17, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/new-command-line-flag-disable-check-for-updates/8052 "2019-09-17T05:40:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/new-command-line-flag-disable-check-for-updates/8052/2 "2019-09-17T10:02:27Z")

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There is a post discussing this here:

> [@How to disable check for new Duplicati version?](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-disable-check-for-new-duplicati-version/3354):
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> Is there any way to disable the check for new versions in Duplicati? I’ve read through the new documentation (looks awesome by the way) and have scoured the settings and didn’t see anything relevant. I’ve got a new use case where I’m running Duplicati in portable mode, doing local backups, and would prefer not to have any attempts at outbound traffic from the network.

It is not a commandline option, but an environment variable, because the options are parsed _after_ the new process has been spawned.

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