Netbeans keeps transferring maven repository index, even though I have disabled it

Question

Although I have set "Index Update Frequency" to "Never":

Netbeans frequently tries to transfer maven repository index which consumes a lot of my bandwidth:

Is it fine if I check "Completely disable indexing" option? It says that it's not recommended and many features will be limited. What features will be limited exactly?

Did you ever let it go and index the repo? At least one time! — liponcio, Feb 29 '16 at 18:32
@liponcio No. Because it consumes a lot of bandwidth and takes a lot of time to complete. — B Faley, Mar 01 '16 at 11:03
Ok, Did you check the check box bellow the index update frequency? — liponcio, Mar 01 '16 at 11:06

rjdkolb · Answer 1 · 2017-02-28T08:13:18.460

What features will be limited exactly?

You may not get the latest versions of dependencies when typing control space in the version tag in the pom.xml file.
The functionality to "Search dependency at Maven Repositories for .." in the Java editor may not find the dependency you are looking for.

In Netbeans 8.2 I selected "Completely disable indexing" and it's all working for me besides the above.

I can understand why it's NOT recommended, but I keeps on running out of space on my SSD drive. It keeps downloading the index over and over again in a loop...

Netbeans keeps transferring maven repository index, even though I have disabled it

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