Chrome is being updated to beta versions. How can I prevent him from doing this?

Question

Google Chrome

Chrome (Windows 7) recently updated itself to beta version (87.0.4280.66 official build, beta (64 bit)) After that, synchronization problems started. I did not roll back to stable through the distribution, fearing the loss of history. How to prevent Chrome from updating to beta versions in the future?

Answer 1

The Google Update rules configured for the computer should not be viewed in the list of Chrome rules ( chrome://policy ), but in the Windows registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Google\Update. In addition, they can be exported. For instructions on exporting a GPO to a file, see the Microsoft documentation.
You can specify the number of the major or any specific version of the Chrome browser that you want to install on Windows computers. If you pin a browser to a major version, such as 79, computers will continue to receive security updates as long as that version remains stable. You can also pin a specific version, such as 79.0.3945.88. In this case, computers will only be upgraded to this version.
Google is updating Chrome Browser to the new version on all PCs in a few weeks. Sometimes it may take longer. If you restrict browser updates to a specific version, computers in your organization will only be updated after the version is stable.
Using Group Policy
In the Group Policy Editor (Computer Configuration folder):
Open Google then Google Update then Applications then Google Chrome.
Enable the Change target version prefix option.
In the "Settings" section, enter the version number of the Chrome browser that you want to install for users.
If you want to limit updates to the latest major version, put a dot at the end of the version number. For example, enter 79. to allow browsers to update to the latest version of Chrome 79 available
. You can use four-part numbers, such as 79.0.3945.117.