Windows 10: Disable Cortana Shortcut

Hi allPlease Help!!!! Whenever I press the "CTRL" key on the left side of my keyboard, it opens Cortana. It's not available in my region and is driving me bananas as I use that key all the time. Does anyone know how I disable this? I have disable Cortana, both through settings, and through regedit. Yours in hopeShane

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Disable/Change Cortana Shortcut??

Hi,

Thank you for update and reply.

Refer the link below suggested by Andre Da Costa on January 26, 2015
and follow the steps below to disable Cortana.

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Cortana

Hi,

Thank you for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

Appreciate your efforts to work on this issue.

This issue can occur if some of the system files are not working as expected.

Suggest you to follow the steps from this article to
troubleshoot Cortana on the PC.

Note: Do not go with the ‘Reset PC’ option for now.

Method 1: Follow these steps to disable Cortana:

1. Sign-in to the PC with your Microsoft account.
   
2. In the search box at the bottom, type Disable Cortana.
   
3. Once the suggestions appear in the list, click Cortana & Search settings.
   
4. From the right section of the Settings pane, move the top button to ‘Off’ to disable Cortana from Windows 10.
   

Method 2: Follow these steps to check if that helps.

1. Launch Cortana from the search bar on the taskbar.
   
2. Then, from the left pane click the settings button.
   
3. Under "Cortana" (the first option) and slide the pill switch to the ‘Off’ position.
   

Method 3: Launch the Settings app and click on Privacy. Navigate to Speech, inking, & typing, and click Stop getting to know me. These steps will disable Cortana.

Hope this helps.

Let us know if you got the help you needed.

Regards,

Srimadhwa B

Microsoft Community-Moderator

 

Disable/Change Cortana Shortcut??

Hi,

To disable Cortana please follow these steps below:

1. Launch Cortana from the search bar on the taskbar.

2. Then, from the left pane click the Settings button.

3. Under Cortana (the first option) slide the pill switch to the Off option.

Let us know how it goes.