Windows 10: Enable or Disable Collect Activity History in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Collect Activity History in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Collect Activity History in Windows 10


Starting with let you pick up where you left off.

Your collected activity history allows you to jump back into what you were doing with apps, docs, or other activities, either on your PC or your phone. To resume your activities, Windows needs to collect your PC activity.

If you like, you can enable or disable letting Windows collect User Activities.

If enabled, Store my activity history on this device will be turned on for all users, but users will still be able to turn this setting on or off for their account.

If disabled, Store my activity history on this device will be turned off for all users, and users will not be able to turn this setting on or off for their account.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Activity history settings to let Windows collect User Activities for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable online tips and help for the Settings app

*note enabled, running, and set to Automatic (Delayed Start).


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Collect Activity History in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Collect Activity History using a REG file

EXAMPLE: "Store my activity history on this device" disabled in Settings









OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable Collect Activity History in Local Group Policy Editor
*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option TWO below.

1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to the location below. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\OS Policies




3. In the right pane of OS Policies in Local Group Policy Editor, double click/tap on the Allow publishing of User Activities policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Collect Activity History
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Enabled​ (recommended), click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured[/B] is the default setting.

6. To Disable Collect Activity History
A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable Collect Activity History using a REG file
*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

PublishUserActivities DWORD

0 = Disable
1 = Enable

1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Collect Activity History
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Activity_history.reg

Download

3. To Disable Collect Activity History
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Activity_history.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. sign in to apply.

8. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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