# Disable update notifications for particular nodes?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 February 2026 13:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306 "2026-02-04T13:42:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2026 13:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/1 "2026-02-04T13:42:28Z")

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I believe that it is not currently possible to disable update notifications for particular nodes. I am using a hacked fork of a node, installed directly from github. Since the version in npm has since been updated then I get an update notification for the node, which I want to silence.

Is there any way to do this?

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2026 14:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/2 "2026-02-04T14:26:07Z")

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I think your only option is to adjust the version number in its package json to a slightly higher version number. (would need a NR restart - i think!)

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2026 15:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/3 "2026-02-04T15:23:33Z")

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I suspected that might be the only solution. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![GogoVega](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/gogovega/32/71313_2.png) [@GogoVega](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/GogoVega)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2026 16:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/4 "2026-02-04T16:29:46Z")

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If I remember correctly, the update notifications respects the node installation/update exclusion list. But I don't remember if adding the node to the update exclusion list (`denyUpdateList`) will remove your fork.

There's also the versioning; I remember working on it, but it's still on the very long list I'm giving to Nick 😅

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [4 February 2026 17:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/5 "2026-02-04T17:11:06Z")

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Magic, that fixed it, thanks.  
For reference I now have in settings.js

```auto
    externalModules: {
        autoInstall: false, /** Whether the runtime will attempt to automatically install missing modules */
        autoInstallRetry: 30, /** Interval, in seconds, between reinstall attempts */
        palette: { /** Configuration for the Palette Manager */
            allowInstall: true, /** Enable the Palette Manager in the editor */
            allowUpdate: true, /** Allow modules to be updated in the Palette Manager */
            allowUpload: true, /** Allow module tgz files to be uploaded and installed */
            allowList: ['*'],
            denyList: [],
            allowUpdateList: ['*'],
            denyUpdateList: ["node-red-contrib-owfs"]
        },
// modules: { /** Configuration for node-specified modules */
// allowInstall: true,
// allowList: [],
// denyList: []
// }
    },

```

The only problem will be if I decide I do want to update it. I won't be able to work out why I can't 🙂

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2026 06:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/6 "2026-02-05T06:16:42Z")

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add/include comments _reminding you_ of what you did to prevent the _problem_.

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**Author:** ![Bobo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bobo/32/8401_2.png) [@Bobo](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Bobo)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2026 06:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/7 "2026-02-05T06:51:10Z")

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where do I put the reminder that I added the comments (and where I added them)?

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2026 06:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/8 "2026-02-05T06:56:35Z")

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(For me...)

I'd put them as close to the top of the code as I could.

Or have a `README` file in the build.

I don't know the structure of `git` files. But it was mentioned that a `fork` was made.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [5 February 2026 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/9 "2026-02-05T09:34:25Z")

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You are missing the point. If I decided to revert to the published version then I would uninstall it using npm, then install it again. The issue then is that I would not get any notification if the author updated it. Even in manage palette I would not see the update.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/disable-update-notifications-for-particular-nodes/100306/10 "2026-05-06T09:34:33Z")

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