Windows 10: How DID I kill Cortana?

Discus and support How DID I kill Cortana? in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; There are 2 PCs - my Old PC and my New PC. Both are running Windows 10 v1809. Old PC is running Home Edition, New PC is running Pro Edition Somehow, I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by TV2, Mar 9, 2019.

  1. TV2
    TV2 Win User

    How DID I kill Cortana?


    There are 2 PCs - my Old PC and my New PC. Both are running Windows 10 v1809.
    Old PC is running Home Edition, New PC is running Pro Edition

    Somehow, I was able to completely remove Cortana from my Search App on Old PC. But I can't for the life of me remember how I did that. I want to do the same on New PC.

    Before we jump to conclusions, it was not the Registry Edit Method of finding and changing AllowCortana value to 0. That has NOT been done on Old PC. I must have done something else.
    Looking for suggestions.

    On Old PC, when you look into Settings - No Cortana:


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    And my Search Box is nice and clean:


    How DID I kill Cortana? [​IMG]


    On New PC I have Cortana in the Settings:


    How DID I kill Cortana? [​IMG]


    And I have Helicopter Mom in my Search Box:


    How DID I kill Cortana? [​IMG]


    How did I kill Cortana??

    :)
     
  2. ShigekiOka, Mar 9, 2019
    #2
  3. Dewdrop_ Win User
    Cortana Notebook

    In order to enable the Notebook icon in Cortana, I suggest you to check if you have enabled Cortana.

    To enable Cortana, please follow the steps below:

    • Go to Cortana.
    • Go to Settings.
    • Turn on “Cortana can give you suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts”.

    Hope this helps.
     
    Dewdrop_, Mar 9, 2019
    #3
  4. How DID I kill Cortana?

    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
     
    Srimadhwa_B, Mar 9, 2019
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