Cortana was first implemented in Windows Phone 8.1 and Microsoft decided to bring it on computers by implementing it in the new Windows 10 operating system. Cortana helps you in searching for apps, files, settings as well as searching online for your queries usingBing Searchengine. Although Corta...
You may often run into the situation when using your PC – Windows 11/Windows 10 Cortana keeps popping up. This lets you feel very annoyed. Once it happens, you need to take measures to disable the random popup to avoid interruptions. It is time-consuming and sometimes you cannot fix it....
Disabling Cortana on Lock Screen Using Group Policy You can also use Local Group Policy Editor to disable Cortana from your lock screen. Open the run box by pressing the Windows and R keys on your keyboard, or you can type run in the search bar. Type gpedit.msc and click OK. In the ...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Cortana on the (Win+L) lock screen for your account or all users in Windows 10. CONTENTS: Option One: Turn On or Off Cortana on Lock Screen for Current User in Settings Option Two: Turn On or Off Cortana on Lock Screen for Current...
You used to be able to turn off Cortana in Windows 10, but Microsoft removed that easy toggle switch in the Anniversary Update. But you can still disable Cortana via a registry hack or group policy setting. This transforms the Cortana box into a "Search Windows" tool for local application ...
Windows Desktop Search shows no results if you have your Internet Options settings configured to disable website data.SymptomsWhen you try to search from the Start menu or from Cortana on a Windows 10-based computer, you receive no results. This behavior occurs if you have your Intern...
Some users preferred to disable Cortana‘s Bing web search with the Group Policy Editor settings in Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. However, the April 2018 Update broke the Do not allow web search Group Policy setting for Windows 10 Pro uses. Although that option still works for Enterprise us...
From the right section of the Settings pane, move the top button to ‘Off’ to disable Cortana from Windows 10. Method 2: Follow these steps to check if that helps. Launch Cortana from the search bar on the taskbar. Then, from the left pane click the settings button. Under "Cortana" ...
There may come a time that might lead to the desire to disable Cortana's personal assistant to have an uninterrupted experience when using the computer. We will show you how to disable Cortana. For older Windows 10 versions that have not updated the system recently, disabling the assistant is...
On a system running Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise edition, you can use Group Policy to disable Cortana across multiple machines in an enterprise network. On a single PC, use the local Group Policy Editor, gpedit.msc, to open the policy Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows...