How to stop bluestacks from installing apps?

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I can't find the settings and now I have Star Trek: Fleet Command. I've looked all across the website and cannot find settings. Where is it?   more
Step 1: Open BlueStacks while your PC/Laptop is ... 2: Go to Settings/Apps Step 3: Select Running Apps Step 4: Stop all unwanted services ... steps every time you start BlueStacks. It'll take just a ...   more
app master doesnt work, it says ... option to disable in this app, just to freeze and that ...   more
Install "App Master" from the Play Store. It has an advanced Auto-Start Boot manager. Just disable everything related to GamePop. Problem solved.   more
GET SIGNED OUT FROM GOOGLE.... THE PROBLEM GETS SOLVED ...:)   more
Go to apps setting and disable play store   more
Step 1: Open BlueStacks while your PC/Laptop is ... 2: Go to Settings/Apps Step 3: Select Running Apps Step 4: Stop all unwanted services ... steps every time you start BlueStacks. It'll take just a minute ...   more
... you open Bluestack one pop up ask you to "enable app sync ...   more
... for app installed, there will be 3 or 4 apps which i never encountered before installed in ... it :( hates it.. i will just stop using bluestack until this is stopped   more
dear, no word in apps store like "never" it's continue and continues auto download   more
that's just for auto update. bluestacks has diff kind problem. it downloads new apps what we can't want. when I delete that apps , it download thm again... how can i stop it.   more
... update apps**. Set this option to Never and Bluestacks will stop downloading applications ... actually called updating. It updates installed applications when there is an ...   more

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