Disable Cortana Permanently in Windows 10 [Tutorial]

Hi Friend,Welcome to Our blog.In this tutorial let's see how to disable Cortana Permanently.

What is Cortana ??

Cortana is an App that Can give you suggestions,and other things by tracking your Activity 

in Your PC.Though it is an Very Useful feature introduced in Windows 10,Some of our 

Users dislike due to the privacy issue.On our Earlier tutorial we seen how to turn off and 

turn on cortana.If You like to disable Cortana Permanently,then here is an tutorial regarding 

that.

How to disable it ??

Cortana Can be disabled using Group policy Editior, and it is not an big task.

Just follow the Upcoming Steps in Your Windows 10 PC.

Step 1 : Login to Your Windows 10 PC.

Step 2 : Press Windows + R Keys Simultaneously and type Gpedit.msc

Step 3 : Hit Enter.

Step 4 : It Will Open a new Window,which is Local Policy Editior,On that Navigate as 

follows.

Click on Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->All Settings.

Step 5 : Find Allow Cortana Option.


Disable Cortana Permanently in Windows 10 [Tutorial]
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Step 6 : Click on it.

Step 7 : When you Clicked,it Will open a new Window with Not Configured Option Chosen.

Step 8 : On that,Select disabled.


Disable Cortana Permanently in Windows 10 [Tutorial]


Step 9 : Click on Apply.

Step 10 : Click on OK.

Step 11: Close the Window.

Note : When you Clicked Apply,Only Your Cortana and its Components are disabled,You 

Can Still make a Search in Search bar and other areas only as we do in older Windows 

versions like Windows 8 and 7.

If You Wish to Enable Cortana,then refollow the above Steps and Select Not configured 

Option While in Step 8 and follow other remaining steps.   

That's it...