Windows 10 remove cortana

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• How to uninstall and remove Cortana in Windows 10
• To Uninstall and Remove Cortana,
• Uninstall and Remove Cortana for All Users,
• Uninstall Cortana in Older Windows 10 versions
• Author: Sergey Tkachenko
• Windows 11 Remove Cortana for Current or All Users
• Remove Cortana in Windows 11
  • Remove Cortana for all users
  • How to restore Cortana in Windows 11
• How To Uninstall Cortana in Windows 10 | Permanently Disable and Remove
• Author: Taras Buria
• How to turn off Cortana and stop personal data gathering in Windows 10
• Follow these steps to turn off Cortana in Windows 10
• Deleting personalization data from the Microsoft servers
• Turning off additional data gathering options in Windows 10
• Things you need to know
• Wrapping things up
• Windows Central Newsletter

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How to uninstall and remove Cortana in Windows 10

Microsoft added a digital assistant in Windows 10 called Cortana which can recognize your voice and do some things for you like giving you information or automating some tasks. But while it is nice to have for fun, it is far from being a seriously useful, powerful tool compared to what you can do by manually searching the web. Not every user finds Cortana useful. Many users are looking for a way to remove it, but Microsoft does not allow uninstalling Cortana in Windows 10. In this article, we will see how it can be done.

The are two methods. The modern one is suitable for Windows 10 version 2004 May 2020 update, and above. There is also an older one, which is suitable for legacy Windows 10 releases. Let’s review both.

We will start with the modern method which you should use if you are on Windows 10 version 2004 or above.

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To Uninstall and Remove Cortana,

1. Open PowerShell.
2. Type or copy-paste the following command: Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.549981C3F5F10* | Remove-AppxPackage .
3. This will uninstall Cortana for you current user account.
4. When finished, you can close PowerShell.

Alternatively, you can remove Cortana for all users in Windows 10.

Uninstall and Remove Cortana for All Users,

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator.
2. Type or copy-paste the following command: Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.549981C3F5F10* | Remove-AppxPackage .
3. This will uninstall Cortana for all users.
4. When finished, you can close PowerShell.

To get Cortana back , install it from the Store. Follow the steps HERE.

Uninstall Cortana in Older Windows 10 versions

Caution: Uninstalling Cortana in older Windows 10 versions breaks the Windows 10 Start Menu and probably Search so don’t use this if you use the native menu. You will not be able to get it working back easily. You will not be able to-reinstall it quickly without using the genuine install.wim file. For most users, this means that Cortana will be removed from Windows 10 permanently. Think twice before you will continue.

Many people I know use an alternative Start Menu on Windows 10 and getting rid of the memory consuming searchui.exe process is a significant enhancement for them in making Windows 10 perform better. Refer to the following article for more details: How to get world’s fastest Start menu in Windows 10 with Classic Shell.

So, if you decide to uninstall Cortana in Windows 10 and thereby also get rid of the memory-hogging searchUI.exe process, here is what you should do:

1. Download the Uninstall Cortana ZIP file I мейд to make it easy.
2. Extract all files from the ZIP archive you downloaded to any desired folder, e.g. Desktop.
3. Right click the Uninstall Cortana.cmd file and select «Run as Administrator».
4. Wait till the process is done.
5. Restart Windows 10.

Behind this trick is an application called WIMTweak which manages Windows Packages and allows you to hide/unhide them from the Windows image (WIM) file. It works on offline images as well as online. WIMTweak was created by MSFN user Legolash2o , so credits for this awesome tool go to him.

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Author Sergey Tkachenko Posted on August 29, 2015 June 1, 2020 Categories Windows 10 Tags remove Cortana, uninstall Cortana

Windows 11 Remove Cortana for Current or All Users

Here is how you can remove Cortana in Windows 11 in case you do not like the digital assistant from Microsoft. Unlike many other stock apps in Windows 11, which you can easily remove as any other program, Microsoft does not allow uninstalling Cortana. Even though the company no longer tries to force people to use Cortana, the app remains tied to Windows 10 and Windows 11.

It is not like Cortana takes much space on a drive or annoys users with its behavior. Still, some users may want to clear the «All Apps» list in the Start menu and purge every unnecessary app. Also, it runs in the background.

If you are such a user and wonder how to uninstall Cortana in Windows 11, this article is here to help you. Here’s what you need to do to remove Cortana.

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Remove Cortana in Windows 11

1. Open Windows Terminal as administrator. You can also directly use PowerShell, just be sure to run it with elevated privileges.
2. Enter the following command: Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.549981C3F5F10* | Remove-AppxPackageand press Enter .
3. Wait until Windows 11 removes Cortana.

Keep in mind that that command deletes Cortana from Windows 11 for your current user.

If you want to remove Cortana for all users, use a slightly different command.

Remove Cortana for all users

To remove Cortana for all users in Windows 10, do the following.

1. Open an elevated PowerShell or Windows Terminal.
2. Type or copy-paste the following command: Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.549981C3F5F10* | Remove-AppxPackage .
3. Windows 11 will delete Cortana for all users. You can now close the evelated console.

What is different here is that you specify that you want to remove Cortana from Windows 11 for all users. Besides the -allusers argument, the two commands are identical.

How to restore Cortana in Windows 11

Restoring Cortana in Windows 11 does not involve Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. You do not need any complicated commands to get the assistant back into your system. All that is required is to install Cortana from Microsoft Store.

1. Open Microsoft Store and click the search field.
2. Enter Cortana.
3. Make sure the one you try to install comes from «Microsoft Corporation.» To ensure you get a genuine app, use this link to get straight to the listing.
4. Click Install and wait for Windows 11 to restore the digital assistant.

Now you can launch Cortana from the «All Apps» list in the Start menu or Windows Search.

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How to turn off Cortana and stop personal data gathering in Windows 10

Perhaps one of the biggest features in Windows 10 is the arrival of Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Гугл Now. Cortana is the «world’s first» digital assistant capable of helping users on many tasks. The more it learns about you, the more it understands you and it’ll be able to assist you more efficiently.

On Windows 10, you can simply say «Hey, Cortana» to have the service immediately answer questions about weather forecasts, set reminders, search the web, find virtually anything on your PC, keep track of flights, calendar, packages, and a lot more – Heck! Cortana can even tell you joke if you need a distraction after a long day of work.

As good as Cortana is there is the issue of privacy as Cortana as inevitably it has to collect various pieces of information and personal data to learn to assist you accordingly.

Some information collected by the Microsoft’s digital assistant includes information about your contacts, calendar, location, internet history and favorites, speech, inking and typing, and more.

Although, I personally believe that Cortana is a great tool that will only get better with time, we have to understand that many users will find Microsoft collecting certain pieces information as an invasion of privacy. As such in this how-to guide, you’ll learn the options Microsoft is offering to turn off Cortana and stop personal data gathering.

Follow these steps to turn off Cortana in Windows 10

It is actually pretty straightforward to disable Cortana, in fact, there are two ways to do this task. The first option is by launching Cortana from the search bar on the taskbar. Then, from the left pane click the settings button, and under «Cortana» (the first option) and slide the pill switch to the Off position.

The second option is by launching the Settings app and on Privacy, go to Speech, inking, & typing, and click Stop getting to know me.

Either action will turn off Cortana deleting everything the assistant knows about you on this devices. Previously collected data from Cortana’s Notebook will not be deleted.

Deleting personalization data from the Microsoft servers

To delete any remaining type of Cortana’s data and personal information, such as Notebook, Reminders, Places, from your account, go to the Bing Settings’ page. Using the account you are using on your computer, click the Clear button for both «Clear personal info» and «Other Cortana Data and Personalized Speech, Inking, and Typing». In both cases, confirm the deletion and you’ll be good to go.

Turning off additional data gathering options in Windows 10

If you want to stop Microsoft from collecting personal information, you can go to the Privacy settings page and disable Send Microsoft info about how I write to help improving typing and writing in the future.

In the same way, you can turn off data collection for location by going to the Privacy settings page and disabling Location globally. Please note that you can also disable location per app. You can even turn off location for Cortana, but at the time of this writing, this option cannot be configured just yet. Disabling location globally will also disable the feature for Cortana.

Things you need to know

While Microsoft is providing different ways to turn off Cortana in Windows 10, there are a few things you may want to know about this feature and data collection:

• You can only disable Cortana per device. You cannot simply disable the digital assistant in one device and expect to be turned off on every Windows device you own
• The name you set Cortana to call you is also set per device, not globally
• You can clear data and personal information that Microsoft collects using Cortana, but there isn’t a button to stop collecting information globally in your Microsoft account
• If you do not want Microsoft to store personal information in the cloud, turn off Cortana on all your devices, then clear all your personal information from your Microsoft account
• If you disable Cortana in one device, then you clear your information stored online, but if you have another device using Cortana, then that information will once again be uploaded and stored in your account
• Turning off Cortana will make Windows 10 less efficient in trying to make better suggestions for you
• Yes, the search bar on the taskbar will continue to work. It won’t disappear because you disable Cortana. However, you will be limited to simple searches (locally and from the web)
• You can always turn on Cortana by opening search on the taskbar, going to the Settings section of the left panel, and sliding the pill switch to the On position. You can also do it via the Settings app > Privacy > Speech, inking, & typing and clicking the Get to know me button

Wrapping things up

As you can see, Cortana’s settings and how Microsoft collects information is very fragmented. Currently, you have to go to different locations to turn off Cortana and other features that will trigger data collection. Users have to access a web page to clear stored information in their Microsoft accounts, and the Bing Personalization page only offers options to clear users personal information. It does not provide an option to stop personal data gathering completely. In part, this is because, disabling data collection will also affect Bing search results — after all the digital assistant is powered by the Microsoft’s search engine.

Furthermore, the only way you can access Cortana’s Notebook, Reminders, and Places is from the device itself, Microsoft does not provide access to such information on the web. So, if you have multiple Windows 10 devices and you did disable the assistant and other data gathering after clearing the data chances are some of your personal information will upload back-up to your account.

Of course, this is just the beginning, and the work is far from done. Like Гугл, Microsoft also offers a dashboard, which is the home for users to control their accounts, devices, services, and subscriptions. I think it would be better if everything the software maker offers were located in a single location to simplify the user experience.

Microsoft is working to include Cortana on most Windows 10 devices for the July 29th release, including PCs, tablets, laptops, and phones. However, at launch the digital assistant will be limited to certain regions, including United States, United Kingdom, China, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain.

And there are other big plans as well. Microsoft has already announced that the digital assistant won’t be exclusive to Windows 10, and it will be releasing a standalone app for Android phones, iPhones, and iPads in the near future. However, the app will have limited functionality, because of the nature of the app unable to access part of the different operating systems.

Will you be turning off Cortana in Windows 10? How do you feel about Microsoft collecting this kind of information? Let us know your thought in comments below!

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