Why can't turn off the Sublime 3 updates notification by adding "update_check":false in user setting file?

Question

I want to turn off the Sublime 3 updates notification, so I go to Preferences -> Settings-User and edited it like this:

{
    "auto_close_tags": true,
    "font_size": 18,
    "hot_exit": false,
    "remember_open_files": false,
    "show_encoding": true,
    "update_check": false
}

but it doesn't work.

Solution 1

Add this line in your host file.

127.0.0.1       www.sublimetext.com

for linux, host file is /etc/hosts and for windows it is C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

Update : If you want to open sublime website on your browser then make sure to undo these changes.

Solution 2

You need to register the software for "update_check": false to work.

https://github.com/SublimeTextIssues/Core/issues/1206#issuecomment-221630273

The deal is that if you're not paying, then your contribution is to help with testing the software, and for that you need to be using the latest version.

Solution 3

There is no way to turn this off, unless you have registered your version of Sublime. Sublime Text 3 is still in "beta" status, so it is strongly advised that you upgrade when a new version is available to get the latest features and bug fixes. If you don't want to upgrade quite so often, make sure you are using the public beta instead of the dev releases, which are updated much more frequently. However, you can't use the dev releases unless you have a license, in which case "update_check": false will work as expected.

Solution 4

Go to preferences then settings-user then within the {} parentheses type:

"update_check": false

This only works if you are registered

Solution 5

I did the following after installing sublime text 3:

Modify /etc/hosts to include entries:

127.0.0.1 www.sublimetext.com
127.0.0.1 sublimetext.com
127.0.0.1 sublimehq.com
127.0.0.1 license.sublimehq.com
127.0.0.1 45.55.255.55
127.0.0.1 45.55.41.223
0.0.0.0 license.sublimehq.com
0.0.0.0 45.55.255.55
0.0.0.0 45.55.41.223

And then set "update_check": false

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Comments

[mc0e]

This is false. You can turn the check off, just as the OP is trying to do iff you have a registered copy of the software. I considered a down-vote, but I'm not sure if perhaps you were correct at sometime in the past.

[MattDMo]

After much prodding, I've updated the answer to reflect reality, which is that you need to have registered your copy of Sublime, public beta or dev release, in order for the setting to work properly.

[jack]

I always appreciate alternative smart answers :)

[Thanh Nguyen]

This is the best way to do it.

[Jeffz]

+1 This is the best answer - and the one, which will always work, regardless, what Sublime developers come up with. You may also use: 127.0.0.1 localhost www.sublimetext.com. But in most cases it is just cosmetic change.

[Henrik]

Thanks. It does have the side effect of killing all access to sublimetext.com in your browser tho, but meh, I guess you will remember it after 15 minutes of pulling hair our when you finally need it!

[Ciasto piekarz]

any other web address we should block ?

[mc0e]

While it's an interesting workaround, and might suit the OPs need, this doesn't answer the OPs question.

[Tomas Votruba]

Thank you. I can verify once I entered the license key, it started to work

[Steve Bennett]

It does. They want to turn off notifications, and this achieves that.