# Is there a way to prevent Julia from updating the registries almost every time?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-julia-from-updating-the-registries-almost-every-time/64150>\
**Category:** Package Management\
**Tags:** git, update\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-julia-from-updating-the-registries-almost-every-time/64150 "2021-07-06T14:31:54Z")\
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You can add something like this to `.julia/config/startup.jl`:

```julia
using Pkg: Pkg
Pkg.UPDATED_REGISTRY_THIS_SESSION[] = true
# and other stuff, deleted...

```

Type `] up` to update both the registry and packages, just `] add` will work from the existing copy of the registry.

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