To disable Cortana from running in the background on Windows 10 or 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named AllowCortana, and set…
To disable Activity History on Windows 10 and 11, open Settings > Privacy & security > Activity history, turn off Store my activity history on this device, and click Clear…
To disable hibernation on Windows 10 or 11, the fastest method is to open an elevated Command Prompt and run powercfg /hibernate off. This one command disables hibernation and deletes…
To disable Windows telemetry on Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor and set the AllowTelemetry DWORD value to 0 at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection, then create the same DWORD at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection and…
To disable Windows Ink Workspace on Windows 10 or 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsInkWorkspace, create a DWORD (32-bit) value named AllowWindowsInkWorkspace, set it to 0, and restart your…
To disable Windows feedback notifications on Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Siuf\Rules, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named NumberOfSIUFInPeriod, set it to 0, and restart…
To disable the Advertising ID on Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo, and set the Enabled DWORD value to 0 (create it if it doesn’t exist)….
To disable Windows Error Reporting on Windows 10 or 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting, create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named Disabled, set its value data…
To disable Windows Update Delivery Optimization on Windows 10 or 11, open Settings > Windows Update > Advanced options > Delivery Optimization and turn off Allow downloads from other PCs….
To disable Remote Assistance in Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Remote Assistance, and set the fAllowToGetHelp DWORD value to 0. This prevents Windows from allowing incoming…
