Resolution

This requires two sets of steps as there are two places Tableau Desktop sends upgrade messaging. The auto-update will pop up a dialogue box during startup if new versions are detected as being available. And the Discover panel may contain an "Update to X.X Now" banner at the bottom.

1. Disable Auto-Update Pop-ups at Startup

   • Option 1: Select Help > Settings and Performance > Disable Automatic Product Updates

   • Option 2: install tableau with auto-updates turned off (see the following Tableau Help document: Control Product Updates for Tableau Desktop)

2. Disable Auto-Updates in the Discover Pane

   1. Open Notepad or other text editting software.

   2. Open the Preferences.tps file in the Tableau Repository (by default this is located at C:\Users\{user name}\Documents\My Tableau Repository)

   3. Add following line after the <preferences> line:

      <preference name="ui.discoverpane.show" value="false"/>

      It should look something like this:

      <?xml version='1.0'?>
          <workbook>
              <preferences>
                  <preference name="ui.discoverpane.show" value="false"/>
      …
        
        </preferences>
      </workbook>
      

   4. Save the changes to the file.

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