How to turn off the Timeline feature on Windows 10

The Timeline feature of Windows 10 helps users review previous activities, but if you feel this feature is annoying, there is a way to disable it. This article will show you how to turn off the Timeline feature on Windows 10.

Timeline on Windows 10 is a feature that uses Microsoft Graph and allows users to return to activities (eg apps, documents, websites) that worked previously. These activities may have started on the same computer or other devices, such as laptops, tablets and even phones connected to the same Microsoft account.

To continue working on devices, Windows 10 will have to monitor the computer's activities, which for many users this is not a big problem, but for some people this may be the problem. about privacy or security.

Disable the Timeline feature by using Settings

To disable the Timeline, you need to turn off your Windows 10 activity history.

Step 1: Open Settings .

Step 2: Click Privacy.

Step 3: Click on Activity history .

Step 4: In the " Filter activities from accounts ", turn off the account you want to remove from the Timeline.

Step 5: In " Collect activities ", turn off Let Windows collect my activities .

Step 6: Under " Clear activity history ", click the Clear button.

Step 7: Click the OK button to confirm.

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Windows 10 will not be able to collect activities on your device and you will not be able to continue working on other devices with the Timeline. It should be noted that this feature does not delete the data Microsoft collects about users, "Activity history" only deletes items related to 'pick up where you left off'.

Disable Timeline using Group Policy Editor

If you are a system administrator, the fastest and easiest way to disable Timeline is by using Group Policy Editor.

Step 1: Open Group Policy Editor by searching gpedit.msc in the Start menu.

Step 2 : After opening the Group Policy Editor, navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> OS Policies . On the right panel, double-click the Activity Feed Enables .

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Step 3: Select ' Disabled ' in the properties window to turn off Timeline, then click the " OK " button to save the changes.

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Step 4: Restart the system for the changes to take effect. If you do not want to reboot, open Command Prompt as an administrator and perform the command gpupdate.exe / force.

To re-enable Timeline, select the Enabled or Not configured option in the properties window.

Disable Timeline using Registry Editor

Without access to Group Policy Editor, you can disable Timeline by using Registry Editor. All you have to do is create a unique registry value. Before continuing, back up the Registry in case something goes wrong.

Step 1. First, search for regedit in the Start menu and open it, then navigate to the location below:

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsSystem 

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Step 2 . Here you will see a value called " EnableActivityFeed ." If you can't see it, right-click the empty space, select " New -> DWORD (32-bit) value ", name the value " EnableActivityFeed " and press Enter to confirm the new name.

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Step 3. Double-click the newly created value, enter ' 0 ' in the Value Data field and click the ' OK ' button to save the changes.

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Step 4. In order for the changes to take effect, restart the Windows system. After restarting, Timeline will be disabled. If you want to turn on Timeline again, change Value Data from ' 0 ' to ' 1. '

I wish you all success!

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