Updating software based on utilized functions

A computer program product for managing updates for a software product, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device;
• program instructions to identify a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update;
• program instructions to identify historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device;
• program instructions to determine whether the first set of one or more functions of the software product and the second set of one or more functions of the software product contain at least one common function of the software product;
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• responsive to determining that the first set of one or more functions of the software product and the second set of one or more functions of the software product do contain at least one common function of the software product, program instructions to determine that one or more of the at least one common function has corresponding historical usage information that exceeds the minimum usage threshold condition.

A computer system for managing updates for a software product, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
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• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive a request to install a software product update, wherein the software product update modifies a software product on a computing device;
• program instructions to identify a first set of one or more functions of the software product that are to be modified by the software product update;
• program instructions to identify historical usage information corresponding to the software product, wherein the historical usage information indicates a second set of one or more functions of the software product and a number of times each respective function of the second set of one or more functions of the software product has been used by the computing device;
• program instructions to determine whether the first set of one or more functions of the software product and the second set of one or more functions of the software product contain at least one common function of the software product;
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• responsive to determining that the first set of one or more functions of the software product and the second set of one or more functions of the software product do contain at least one common function of the software product, program instructions to determine that one or more of the at least one common function has corresponding historical usage information that exceeds the minimum usage threshold condition.