Option to disable automatic App Store updates

ArthurPrest wrote:

does not appear for some reason.

Check these possibilities:

● If an app or feature on your device is not working, not appearing, or is restricted (grayed out), a frequent reason is it may have been disabled using Screen Time, or by a technology administrator if you are using a device owned by an employer or educational institution.

- Read this support article If your Apple ID or other options are greyed out in Settings —> If your Apple Account is grayed out in Settings, or you can't sign out - Apple Support

Tap your Settings app > Screen Time > Content & Privacy Restrictions > scroll to Accounts > tap Allow Changes and turn on.

- If the device is managed (check: Settings > General > VPN (or Profiles & Device Management), contact the technology department of the organization that is doing the managing.

● Situation where a VPN was preventing action —> Unable to sign out of my Apple ID on my i… - Apple Community

Hello~ Have a look here by clicking on below…

How to manually update apps from the App Store - Apple Support*

*Turn automatic app updates on or off.

~Katana-San~

Carol B. wrote:

If that button is not green, it is already disabled. You don't have to do anything to disable automatic updates. That is what you wanted to do, right?

Carol B.: The button pictured appears to be for automatic downloads, not automatic updates. Automatic downloads are for when you get something on a different device and want it downloaded automatically on other devices too. Updates refers to, well, updating apps automatically.

Hello once more~ Any screen time restrictions?

~Katana-San~

ArthurPrest wrote:

i don’t use VPN on a regular basis.

Not using it on a regular basis implies that you have one installed. Simply turning it off is not the same thing and it will need to be uninstalled to test if that is the cause of the problem. You can always add it again if it makes no change. Restart your phone after it has been removed.

If that button is not green, it is already disabled. You don't have to do anything to disable automatic updates. That is what you wanted to do, right?

Hello once more~ Remove the VPN entirely and test as others have stated …

Reset iPhone settings to their defaults - Apple Support

~Katana-San~