How to Turn Off Cortana on Windows 10 - How to Turn Off Cortana on Windows

This guide explains how to turn Off Cortana on Windows 10 - How to Turn Off Cortana on Windows, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

Note how to disable Cortana on Windows 10 Home will be different than on Windows 10 Professional and Windows 10 Enterprise, so follow the version of Windows 10 you are using.

1. Turn off Cortana on Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise

Step 1 : You press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box, then enter the command gpedit. msc and press Enter.

Step 2: The Local Group Policy Editor window appears, select each item according to the following path:

Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Click the Search key.

Next look to the right of the window and double click on Allow Cortana

Step 3: A new window appears, select the Disabled items and then click OK to save

2. Disable Cortana on Windows 10 Home

Step 1 : Open the Run dialog box, then enter the command regedit and press Enter.

Step 2: Registry Editor window appears, browse the folder by following path:

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsWindows Search

You can copy the above link and paste it into the address bar to open it faster. Click on the Windows Search folder, you will see the file A llowCortana on the right of the screen, if there is no AllowCortana file you can create by right-clicking on the blank area, selecting New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value and setting The file name is AllowCortana.

Step 3: Open the file AllowCortana and change the value in the Value data box to 0 and click OK to save. So we have successfully disabled Cortana.

After disabling Cortana, you will see the Cortana icon changes to a magnifying glass icon, if you want to hide it, right-click the icon and choose Search -> Hidden.

Above is a tutorial on how to disable Cortana on windows, hope you will find the article useful. Good luck!