There isn't a single switch to stop automatic updates for Windows 11, but I have found three easy ways to disable automatic updates in your settings.

Press Win + R , type "services.msc" and press Enter. Scroll down to Windows Update in the list of services. Right-click it, ...

Open the Windows 11 Settings. Click on "Windows Update." Under "More options," select the "Pause for 1 week" button to disable automatic updates for one week.

And that’s how you stop Windows 11 from automatically installing and updating drivers for any of your connected devices. Just like that, you can also choose to install Windows 11 updates manually.

WAU Manager is a free Windows Automatic Updates Manager software to stop, postpone, manage, hide, unhide, install, uninstall Windows Update in Windows 11/10.

Windows installs updates automatically, but you can check for updates manually as well. If you want to stop Windows from updating, you can pause automatic updates temporarily.

Protect your computer and files from bad updates on Windows 11 with restore points, recovery tools, update control, and ...

If you don't want Windows Update detecting and installing drivers automatically, you can disable the feature with these instructions.

6 ways you should tweak the Registry on Windows 11 In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to prevent Windows Update from including driver updates during automatic maintenance.