Windows 10: Does Cortana affect my laptop performance. If so, how can I disable it?

Does Cortana affect my laptop performance. If so, how can I disable it?

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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

 

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disable Cortana box

Hi,

Cortana is one of the many features that Microsoft provided with Windows 10. To address your concern regarding Cortana popping up at random, kindly answer the questions below:

• When did this issue start?
• Have you checked for any updates available for Windows?
• Were there any significant hardware/software changes made on your desktop/laptop prior to this happening?
• Does it come with an error message when it pops up?
• Have you tried performing any troubleshooting steps?

We'll be waiting for your response.