How to disable AWS Toolkit plugin auto-updating

Question 

The AWS Toolkit plugin keeps updating automatically to the latest version. How can automatic updates for the AWS Toolkit plugin be disabled?

Answer 

The AWS Toolkit plugin has its own update manager, so the updates need to be disabled in both of the following locations:

1. Update Plugins Automatically option in Settings | Plugins:

2. Automatically install plugin updates when available option in Tools | AWS Toolkit

If the plugin still updates automatically

The issue may be caused by a conflict between the AWS Core plugin and the AWS Toolkit update mechanism. When AWS Core is enabled, the auto-update setting may appear under Settings | Tools | AWS instead of Settings | Tools | AWS Toolkit. In that case, the setting may not apply correctly to the AWS Toolkit plugin.

Follow these steps:

1. Disable the AWS Core plugin.
2. Restart DataGrip.
3. Open Settings | Tools and confirm that the AWS Toolkit section is available.
4. Under Settings | Tools | AWS Toolkit, disable Automatically install plugin updates when available.
5. Reinstall the required AWS Toolkit version from the https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/11349-aws-toolkit/versions/stable.

After completing these steps, DataGrip should retain the selected AWS Toolkit version instead of updating it automatically.