{"id":16945,"date":"2021-04-19T04:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T04:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=16945"},"modified":"2021-04-19T04:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T04:04:03","slug":"disable-steps-recorder-in-windows-10-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-steps-recorder-in-windows-10-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Steps Recorder in Windows 10 Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there any way to turn off Steps Recorder in Windows 10 Home? Steps Recorder is an screen capture utility pre-installed on Windows 10, which can automatically record your steps with text and screenshots. If you want to get rid of it, you can follow this tutorial to disable Steps Recorder in Windows 10 Home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Disable Steps Recorder in Windows 10 Home<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and go to the following registry path:<br \/>\n<code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-key.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-key.png 592w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/new-key-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tIn the left side, right-click on the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key and select <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Key<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Rename the newly-created key as <strong>AppCompat<\/strong>, and select it. On the right side, right-click on blank area and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AppCompat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"296\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AppCompat.png 592w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AppCompat-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rename the newly-created DWORD as <strong>DisableUAR<\/strong>, then double-click it and change the value data to 1.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DisableUAR.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"341\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DisableUAR.png 592w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DisableUAR-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 592px) 100vw, 592px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor and now you can&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-and-use-steps-recorder-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open Steps Recorder<\/a> any longer. If you want to enable Steps Recorder again, just change the value data of <strong>DisableUAR<\/strong> to 0.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So this is how you can disable Steps Recorder with Registry Editor in Windows 10 Home. If you&#8217;re running Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise edition, there is a much simper way to achieve it. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-local-group-policy-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and browse to: <code>Computer Configuration -&gt; Administrative Templates -&gt; Windows Components -&gt; Application Compatibility<\/code>, and double-click &#8220;<strong>Turn off Steps Recorder<\/strong>&#8221; to enable it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/turn-off-steps-recorder.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"454\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/turn-off-steps-recorder.png 597w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/turn-off-steps-recorder-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there any way to turn off Steps Recorder in Windows 10 Home? Steps Recorder is an screen capture utility pre-installed on Windows 10, which can automatically record your steps with text and screenshots. If you want to get rid of it, you can follow this tutorial to disable Steps Recorder in Windows 10 Home. 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