How to uninstall Cortana on Windows 10

Voice assistants are already on part of our everyday life. Whether we use them from our phone, via a connected speakerphone or on our smartwatch, the fact is that they are becoming more and more useful. But although many companies want to take advantage of their piece of the pie and thus many opportunities, the two language assistants Alexa and Google Assistant stand out from the others.

In Windows 10 we have Cortana. From the information that emerges, it doesn’t appear that Microsoft is achieving high usage rates. That’s why many users are wonderinghow to uninstall Cortana from Windows. If you are one of them, follow the steps below to do so. Search first PowerShell in the start menu.

Find the powershellFind the powershell

Click on Run as Administrator.

Use as administratorUse as administrator

In the window that opens, type Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage and press Enter (the Enter key).

Cortana removal commandCortana removal command

Once this is done, Cortana will disappear from our computer. At least on the surface. However, there are a few additional steps to completely delete Cortana from Windows 10. To do this, you must now search for the registry editor in the start menu.

Find the registry editorFind the registry editor

Then click Run as Administrator.

Run regedit as administratorRun regedit as administrator

Thanks to the sidebar, you can navigate between the different data sets. Follow the route HKEYLOCALMACHINE \SOFTWARE \windows \WcmSvc.

Add new folder to registryAdd new folder to registry

Within WcmSvc we need to create a new folder called WindowsSearch create. To perform this operation, right-click WcmSvc and choose below New die Option Key out.

Search the Windows registrySearch the Windows registry

Once created we need to add a new entry inside this folder. So right-click on it and select below New die Option DWORD (32-bit) value.

Add new valueAdd new value

Forgive her the name AllowCortana and then double click on the entry. In the pop-up window, put 0 in the data field Value data.

Assign a value to the new entryAssign a value to the new entry

Once that’s done, restart your PC and Cortana is history.

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