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How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10 PC
There are a few voice assistants that are highly impressive when it comes to answering your queries. Google assistant is the most anticipated one followed by Amazon Alexa and Siri. Microsoft’s Cortana is another assistant available in Windows. However, Cortana is not as powerful as other assistants available out there. Many people don’t like it as it has plenty of cons which lead Cortana to be left unused on almost every PC. So here we have some workaround by which you can disable Cortana on Windows 10 PC. In this article, we will discuss how to disable Cortana in Windows 10. So without any further ado, let’s head into the article.
Cortana sometimes can be quite disturbing and even sometimes can’t process the satisfactory results of our commands. Whereas on the other hand Google and Amazon have developed so far that their assistants can perform better than Cortana on each aspect. So if you want to save your resources just follow up with the given below steps to disable Cortana on Windows 10 PC.
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How to Disable Cortana in Windows 10 PC
There are two ways to disable Cortana on your Windows 10. One is universal, which should work on all versions of Windows. However, for Windows 10 Pro users there is an alternate method and they can give it a try. Note that only Windows 10 Pro users can use both methods, and others can stick to the main one.
Universal Method
Step 1: Open the registry editor by pressing Win+R(Run). And search for “regedit” then hit enter. Click ‘Yes’ if asked for administrative permission.
Step 2: Locate the folder ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE’, expand it then seek for ‘SOFTWARE’.
Step 3: Now expand as follows, Policies -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Windows Search. You might not have the folder named Windows Search.
Step 4: If you are not having the folder then create a new one by right-clicking on Windows -> New -> Key. Name it Windows Search.
Step 5: Now Right-Click on the Windows Search folder and select New. But this time select the ‘DWORD (32-bit) Value’ and name it ‘AllowCortana’
Step 6: Now double click on this newly created item and make sure that value data is set to ‘0’. Now click on OK.
Step 7: Now restart your PC, once restarted, you will see that Cortana is now disabled.
Group Policy Editor (Windows 10 Pro Only)
Step 1: Open the Run box by pressing Win+R and search for ‘gpedit.msc’ then hit enter.
Step 2: Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Search. Here in the right pane seek for ‘Allow Cortana’ and double click to edit it.
Step 3: Now set it to disabled and click on OK and close the group policy editor.
Step 4: Restart your computer and that’s it you are now free from Cortana.
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