![]() ![]() He also wrote the USA's most-saved article of 2021, according to Pocket.Ĭhris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. ![]() With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. I think that’s all the big items, but let me know if I’m missing anything important.Chris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. (System > Notifications & Actions, under Notifications & Actions.) You should also examine the other options here and turn off Cortana notifications in Settings. You can’t easily just turn off Cortana entirely anymore, but if you’d like to be nagged less, open Cortana and disable the option “Taskbar tidbits”. I don’t recommend this, but you may also wish to turn off Cortana pop-ups and reminders. Then, change the setting “Show recommended app suggestions” to Off. To disable this, open Settings (WINKEY + I) and navigate to Devices > Pen & Windows Ink. (You may also find this useful, of course.) If you’re a pen user, for example, you might find the Suggested area in the Windows Ink Workspace to be objectionable. There are other, less-frequently-seen ads in Windows 10, too. Next, scroll down to the Notifications & Actions section and turn off notifications for “Suggested” as well. If you scroll down to the Notifications section, you will see two options to disable: “Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows” and “Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally when I sign in to highlight what’s new and suggested.” There are two areas to look at.įirst, open Settings (WINKEY + I) and navigate to System > Notifications & Actions. Windows 10 will occasionally display suggestion and other distracting and unnecessary notifications and then store them in Action Center just in case you missed the pop-ups.įortunately, you can prevent this from happening. (This is a pet peeve, but there is nothing occasional about these suggestions in my experience.) Then, change the option titled “Occasionally show suggestions in Start” to Off. To remove this silliness, open Settings (WINKEY + I) and navigate to Personalization > Start. Second, Windows 10 Start displays an unnecessary “Suggested” section below the Most Used list on the left this is an advertisement for a Windows Store app or game. Fortunately, you can simply remove these one-by-one by selecting each and choosing Unpin from Start (or, in some cases, More > Unpin from Start) from the pop-up menu that appears. The Windows 10 Start experience is much improved over that in Windows 8.x, but it also displays ads in a variety of ways.įirst, Microsoft (and PC makers) preconfigure ad tiles on the right side, which are tiles for apps and games that aren’t actually installed (yet) on the PC. (And then choose a favorite personal photo, or photos.) For the Background option, choose “Picture” or “Slideshow,” and not Windows Spotlight. To stop this behavior, open Settings (WINKEY + I) and navigate to Personalization > Lock Screen. But it can also display advertising, in particular for Microsoft Edge, the browser no one wants to use. Lock screenīy default, the Windows 10 utilizes a fun “Windows Spotlight” background that provides a great new wallpaper image from Bing every day. Here is how you can disable advertising that Microsoft sneaks into Windows 10. And only the latest in a bizarre series of obnoxious distractions in this OS. But that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, of course. I previously discussed turning off disabling File Explorer advertising. ![]()
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