Windows 10: Disable all the annoying stuff and suggestions!

First of all, I don't think Microsoft promoting their own programs in their own os should be called advertisment because it's not third-party. Call it whatever you wanna.

1. Remove various messages from the lockscreen. Settings -> Personaliztion -> Lockscreen -> disable interesting facts and so on. By the way, I recommend setting the lockscreen background the same image that is used for your desktop background. Default ones can be found in C:\Windows\Web;
2. Disable suggestions like "Control your data with Edge" by going to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer, creating REG_DWORD DisableSearchBoxSuggestions and setting it to 1;
   
3. [I haven't experienced that because I had TPM disabled back in the days] To disable recommending upgrading to Windows 11, create key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate and REG_DWORD TargetReleaseVersion afterwards set it to 1;
4. If you hate Edge, you can uninstall it. To do that, run command prompt as administrator, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\[version_of_numbers]\Installer, run setup --force-uninstall --uninstall --system-level and reboot;
5. To remove Microsoft promoted programs from the top of the start menu, go to Settings -> Personalization -> Start menu and disable "Show suggestions in the Start menu";
6. Go to Settings -> Privacy and security -> General and disable "Show me suggested content in Settings";
7. Unpin every rectangle from the Start menu unless you use those.

Comment what I should add!

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three word suggestions

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you want to disable word suggestions when you type any word. I’ll certainly help you with the steps.



To disable text suggestions, I would suggest you to refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows Logo key + I, to open
   Settings.
   
2. Click on Devices, and click on
   Typing on the left pane.
   
3. Now, under Typing toggle the switch to off for
   Show text suggestions as I type on the software keyboard.
   
4. Under Hardware keyboard, toggle the switch to on for
   Show text suggestions as I type.
   

Let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to help you further.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

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