---
title: disableUpdates()
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: foundation/nsmetadataquery/disableupdates()
---

# disableUpdates()

Disables updates to the query results.

## Declaration

```swift
func disableUpdates()
```

## Discussion

Discussion Unless you use enumerateResults(_:) or enumerateResults(options:using:), you should invoke this method before iterating over query results that could change due to live updates.

## See Also

### Getting query results

- [results](foundation/nsmetadataquery/results.md)
- [resultCount](foundation/nsmetadataquery/resultcount.md)
- [result(at:)](foundation/nsmetadataquery/result(at:).md)
- [index(ofResult:)](foundation/nsmetadataquery/index(ofresult:).md)
- [groupedResults](foundation/nsmetadataquery/groupedresults.md)
- [NSMetadataQueryResultGroup](foundation/nsmetadataqueryresultgroup.md)
- [enumerateResults(_:)](foundation/nsmetadataquery/enumerateresults(_:).md)
- [enumerateResults(options:using:)](foundation/nsmetadataquery/enumerateresults(options:using:).md)
- [valueLists](foundation/nsmetadataquery/valuelists.md)
- [NSMetadataQueryAttributeValueTuple](foundation/nsmetadataqueryattributevaluetuple.md)
- [value(ofAttribute:forResultAt:)](foundation/nsmetadataquery/value(ofattribute:forresultat:).md)
- [enableUpdates()](foundation/nsmetadataquery/enableupdates().md)
- [operationQueue](foundation/nsmetadataquery/operationqueue.md)