'How to disable auto update of Postman app

Is there a way to disable updates in Postman?

7.26 is buggy for me, it freezes on larger debug data is nresponses, but 7.23 is working perfectly. But even if I set "Automatically download major updates" to disable, it doesn't help, as this is a minor update and gets applied automatically. Is there a way to really disable updates and stick to the working version of Postman?

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Solution 1:[1]

Here's my workaround which works on macOS, Linux, Windows, just add these to your hosts file:

0.0.0.0         dl.pstmn.io
0.0.0.0         sync-v3.getpostman.com
0.0.0.0         getpostman.com
0.0.0.0         go.pstmn.io

Here's a tutorial about editing host file for all major operation systems: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/

If the above link has any problems, please let me know to update it.

Solution 2:[2]

No, the people on Postman simply don't want to let us disable the minor updates. Here an open issue: https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/6999 Let's hope they are sensible to our requests.

Solution 3:[3]

There is a way to do it for Windows:

Set Deny on the write permission for everyone on the C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Postman\ directory.

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It is not a cross-platform solution, so you can block Postman update servers for Linux and macOS using the host file, which is mentioned in here.

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