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Dependabot running when not enabled #22005

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This is a known issue, apologies for the confusion and your experience here.

Currently, when you fork a repo with Dependabot version updates enabled, your fork will also have Dependabot version updates enabled. This is because Dependabot version updates is configured with a dependabot.yml config file.

To disable Dependabot version updates, remove the dependabot.yml config file from your repo. (I realize this complicates suggesting changes, which is why this is a bug we are working to address today.)

EDIT: I tried switching the three settings shown in my original post on/off to see if that would help.

The settings on the Security tab only control Dependabot security updates, not also Dep…

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