{"id":5915,"date":"2016-01-04T05:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2020-06-18T03:56:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T03:56:07","slug":"hide-disable-or-uninstall-cortana-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/hide-disable-or-uninstall-cortana-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hide, Disable or Uninstall Cortana in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just like Apple’s Siri, Cortana is Microsoft’s digital assistant integrated in Windows 10. Cortana is capable of composing emails, setting reminders, finding apps & files on your computer and performing web searches. After installing or upgrading to Windows 10, you’ll find that Cortana appears as a search bar in the taskbar that says “Ask me anything”.<\/p>\n

\"cortana\"<\/p>\n

But not all Windows 10 users will take kindly to Cortana. In this article we’ll show you how to hide, disable Cortana or even completely uninstall it in Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> If you’re running Windows 10 version 2004 or newer, Cortana could be uninstalled or reinstalled with the new method<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part 1: Hide Cortana<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Windows 10, Cortana is shown as a search box in the taskbar, right beside the Start button. If you want to hide Cortana, right-click on search box\/icon in the taskbar, select Cortana<\/strong> and then Hidden<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

\"hide-cortana\"<\/p>\n

Cortana will now remain inactive and immediately disappear from the taskbar.<\/p>\n

Part 2: Disable Cortana<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s how to disable Cortana in Windows 10:<\/p>\n

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  1. Click on the search box\/icon on the taskbar to open Cortana.<\/li>\n
  2. Click on the Notebook button in the left-hand menu. From there, click Settings<\/strong>.\n

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  3. In Settings, the first option “Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders alerts and more<\/strong>” is a simple slide bar. Slide it to off to disable Cortana. Once disabled, Cortana will revert to the traditional Windows search feature.\n

    \"disable-cortana\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. To clear everything Cortana knows about you, click the link “Manage what Cortana knows about me in the cloud<\/strong>“.<\/li>\n
  5. Microsoft Edge should open and take you to the Bing Settings page. Click the Clear buttons in the “Clear personal info<\/em>” and “Other Cortana data and personalized speech, inking and typing<\/em>” sections.\n

    \"clear-cortana-data\"<\/p>\n

    This will clear your personal info from Microsoft’s cloud servers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Part 3: Uninstall Cortana<\/strong><\/p>\n

    In Windows 10, there is no option to uninstall Cortana. If you want to completely uninstall \/ remove Cortana from Windows 10, you can use the uninstall script provided by WinAero. Here’s how:<\/p>\n

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    1. Download the Uninstall Cortana ZIP file<\/a> (provided by WinAero).<\/li>\n
    2. Extract all files from the ZIP archive you downloaded to your desktop.<\/li>\n
    3. Right-click the Uninstall Cortana.cmd<\/em> file and select Run as Administrator<\/strong>.\n

      \"uninstall-cortana\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. It will begin uninstalling Cortana.\n

      \"remove-cortana-package\"<\/p>\n

      When it’s done, restart your computer. Cortana will no longer work, respond, or collect information. After uninstalling, it’s good to hide the Cortana button\/icon to reclaim wasted space on your taskbar.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Just like Apple’s Siri, Cortana is Microsoft’s digital assistant integrated in Windows 10. Cortana is capable of composing emails, setting reminders, finding apps & files on your computer and performing web searches. After installing or upgrading to Windows 10, you’ll find that Cortana appears as a search bar in the taskbar that says “Ask me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[2448,2447,2450,2446,2449],"class_list":["post-5915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-disable-cortana","tag-hide-windows-10-cortana","tag-remove-cortana","tag-uninstall-cortana","tag-windows-10-cortana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5915"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16053,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5915\/revisions\/16053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}