Managing all of these updates can be a chore, so Android has an option in the Play Store that lets you update all of your apps automatically. However, if you are actively avoiding installing updates for a particular app, or if you simply prefer to have control over the updates, then you might be looking for a way to turn off the setting that allows for the automatic update of your apps....

But while this behavior is often welcome, there are situations where you would prefer to display the address without automatically turning it into a clickable link. Whether these reasons are merely aesthetic, or your school or organization discourages you from adding links to a document, you might be looking for a way to stop it from happening. Our guide below will show you how to stop Google Docs from automatically turning Web addresses into clickable links....

But you may dislike the fact that Gmail displays a part of the email, either for aesthetic purposes, or because you don’t want anyone walking by your computer to be able to easily see some of the information in your emails. Luckily Gmail has a setting that lets you control these display of these email snippets, and you can choose to turn them off completely. Our tutorial below will show you where to locate this setting....

Your iPhone camera is able to take panoramic pictures, which means that you can create one large image that captures a much larger view than you would be able to get with a traditional shot. But panoramic pictures are not ideal for every situation in photography, so you might be frustrated if your iPhone is only letting you take panoramic shots. Fortunately you can switch to a different camera mode in just a few short steps....

But there is also one that can show a preview of the information contained in the notification in your alerts. While this can be helpful for seeing information without unlocking your iPhone, you may be worried that someone could see personal information simply by waking your screen. While it has always been possible to stop showing these previews, there is not a way to quickly stop showing those previews for every notification on your iPhone....

There are subtle animations that play when you open and close apps, as well as perform other similar actions, and these animations can have a surprising effect on the spped of your Galaxy On5. Our guide below will show you how to enable the Developer Options mode on the Galaxy On5 so that you can turn off these animations and speed up your phone. How to Disable Animations on the Samsung Galaxy On5 The steps in this article were performed on a Samsung Galaxy On5, running the Marshmallow (6....

But occasionally an app will malfunction or get stuck, leaving you to look for a way to turn that app off on your iPhone 7. Our guide below will show you how to turn that app off by using something on your iPhone called the App Switcher. How to Turn Off Apps on an iPhone 7 Our article continues below with additional information on turning off apps on an iPhone 7, including pictures of these steps....

But, like almost any other device that has a touchscreen keyboard, you are able to change some of its settings to try and achieve a simpler typing experience. One of the options on the iPhone 5 keyboard involves auto-capitalization. This applies to the first letter or a word that comes after punctuation, as well as a lot of proper nouns. You can turn off the iPhone 5 auto capitalization by going to Settings > General > Keyboard > and turning off the Auto-Capitalization feature....

If you are like me and often watch more than one episode of a show in a sitting, then it’s very likely that you enjoy the autoplay feature offered by some apps. This is the feature that lets you automatically start watching the next video in a series when the current one is over. Our guide below will show you where to find the autoplay setting in the iPhone Hulu app so that you can customize that setting to your liking....

Fortunately this is a setting that you can turn off in Gmail. Our tutorial below will help you find and disable the Conversation view option in Gmail. This will change the sorting on your inbox so that all of the messages in a conversation are organized separately so that you can find and interact with them on an individual level. Turn Off Conversation View in Gmail – Quick Summary You can continue to the next section for additional information and pictures for each step....

While this feature is helpful when you mean to use it, it can be incredibly frustrating when it happens accidentally. If you find that you don’t use it at all, and that the drag and drop is only causing you grief, then it is possible to change a setting in Word 2011 to block that feature from occurring. Our guide below will show you how to make that change. How to Disable Drag and Drop in Word 2011 The steps in this article were performed on the Word 2011 application for Mac computers....

If you find that the one-handed mode is more of a problem that a solution, you might be looking for a way to turn it off. Our tutorial below will show you how to find the one-handed mode setting in Android Marshmallow so that you can adjust it as needed. How to Restore the Android Keyboard to Full Size By Disabling One-Handed Mode The steps in this article were performed on a Samsung Galaxy On5....

How to Fix Quotation Marks That Look Like Dots on Google Docs Are you trying to add quotation marks to a document in Google Docs, but they keep getting “curled” in the direction of nearby text? This is occurring because something called “smart quotes” is currently enabled. You may also like to know how to remove space after paragraphs in Google Docs if you have too much white space in your documents....

It’s possible that you are incorporating both of these into your activities, but it’s also possible that you are occasionally touching the touchpad and making unwanted moves on the screen. Luckily there is a way to disable your Windows laptop touchpad when a mouse is connected so that this doesn’t happen. How to Shut Off Your Windows Touchpad If You’re Using a Mouse Our guide continues below with additional information on how to disable touchpad when mouse is connected in Windows 10, including pictures of these steps....

But you might find this to be unwanted or unnecessary, which will lead you to look for a way to disable it. Our tutorial below will show you how to turn off the touch sounds on your Galaxy On5. How to Shut Off the Sound That Plays When You Tap an App Icon on Your Galaxy On5 The steps in this guide were performed on a Galaxy On5 using the Marshmallow (6....

How to Use the Flashlight Without Entering Your Passcode on an iPhone Our guide continues below with additional information on how to turn on flashlight without unlocking iPhone, including pictures of these steps. A flashlight on your iPhone is a surprisingly useful thing to have access to. Several versions of iOS ago, you could only get the flashlight by downloading third-party apps. But Apple includes it as part of iOS by default now, making it much more convenient to use....

A column grouping in Google Sheets indicated by a gray bar above the spreadsheet with a thing black line connecting all of the grouped columns. If you click on the “-” symbol on that line, you can hide all of the grouped columns. Alternatively, clicking on the “+” symbol when the columns are hidden will display them. But if you discover that this column grouping is creating problems for your workflow, then you may wish to ungroup those columns....

How to Install an iPhone 5 Update You are not required to install any updates for your iPhone 5, but the updates usually include important fixes for various bugs and security issues, plus they often include functionality upgrade. Something important to consider before installing an update: – While it isn’t technically required, it is a good idea to plug in your iPhone 5 while downloading and installing the update. This will prevent the iPhone from running out of battery while installing the update, which could be problematic....

The Roku app also has a feature called Private Listening Mode that will output audio (except audio from games) through your iPhone so that you can listen to it on headphones. This means that audio won’t come out of the TV, and you will be able to hear it on your headphones instead. The Prime Video app is a great way to watch movies and TV shows, but you might need to change accounts....

This reference style is called R1C1, and is a setting that you can modify for your own Excel workbook. Our guide below will show you where to find this option in Excel 2010 so that you can use it as an alternative to the default A1 reference style. Use R1C1 in Excel 2010 Formulas The default way to reference cells is by their row number and column letter. This is often referred to as the A1 reference style....