How to cancel downloads in the Mac App Store

In our daily work with the Mac device, we use programs and applications They are updated quite frequently. And although that at first may be something positive, which it is, because it makes applications are becoming more efficient and correct possible errors, adding or improving some functionalities, it is true that sometimes downloading or updating an application or program can become a headache. Therefore, it is worth asking how to cancel downloads on mac? in necessary case.

On occasion we have found our Mac in the middle of downloading an application or an update, and we have regretted updating it, for whatever reason. Either because we have found out that there are bugs in the update, because the new version is not compatible with other programs that we use, or it may simply happen that the download stops halfway, a chore.

If something similar to this has happened to you at some point, don't worry, the guys over at cupertino have made it pretty easy to cancel downloads and updates. Let's see how to do it!

How to stop app downloads from the Mac App Store

Whether you have unknowingly started a download or you just don't need the app or program anymore, or as I said before there is a problem with the update, for whatever reason, you can always cancel downloads or updates of the apps and programs. We can do it in two ways, let's see them!:

Cancel download made through the App Store

• We start the application App Store in our Mac. We can also search the app store with Spotlight or click on the apple logo >App Store, to show us the app store.
• We click on the tab Updates.
• You should now see the app that is currently downloading or updating.
• We click on the blue progress circle displayed to the right of the app to stop the update.
• And the download would already be cancelled, it's that simple

Cancel download made via Launchpad

• We open Launchpad, We can also search for it using Spotlight or click on the icon of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), >Launchpad, as we want
• Now search for the app you want to stop downloading.
• The app icon should be gray to indicate that it is currently downloading or updating. And finally we click on the icon to cancel the download.

How to delete an app you downloaded on Mac

Now we are also going to see how to delete an already downloaded application, and not just how to cancel a download, since in many cases, most application downloads and updates take a very short time, so it is possible that the progress circle is not displayed to cancel the download or update of the application.

If the download or update of the app or program is complete, you can always remove it from your Mac. To remove an app or program that has already been downloaded, you should follow these steps:

• First open Finder and find the application or program What do you want to delete in your folder? Applications.
• Now we click with the key Control Click on the application or program that we want to delete and select Move to Trash, this will remove the application permanently from our Mac computer.

We may also remove the application or program from Launchpad. For this we open Launchpad and we look for the application that we want to delete. We click and hold until the icons start to move (similar to the iPhone), then we click on the delete icon (x) in the corner of the icon and the application will be removed from our Mac computer, it's that easy.

How to turn off automatic updates

La App Store it will automatically update our apps by default. But if you don't want this to happen, we can always disable this feature. To do so, follow these steps:

• Open the App Store on your Mac computer.
• Go to the menu bar and select App Store >Settings.
  
• Uncheck the A'sautomatic updates.
  You may have to enter your password to confirm it.

How to manually update apps on your Mac

If you have already deactivated automatic downloads, you can manually update apps on your Mac whenever you want. To do so, follow these steps:

• We open the App Store on your Mac.
• We click on the tab Updates.
• And now we will see a list of available updates and their weight. We will also see the reason for the update according to the developers.
• We click on Update all Or we can select the applications one by one individually.

And it would be! Now we can easily delete apps we don't want or pause downloads and updates when necessary. We will no longer have unwanted downloads or updates.