Windows 10: How do I disable the Cortana pop up on the bottom left please?

Hi all.

Got my Windows 10 upgrade from my new HP laptop when it came out late July.(was 8.1 before)

I have a few questions but my main one is:

How do I disable the large black pop up that continually pops up all day even when I am not using the search function please? It is on the bottom left and is part of the search function.

I have disabled the Cortana as I never use it and thought the pop up would go away but it keeps popping up but now it is blank with no weather or news.

I would like to carry on using search but do not want this pop up.

I have looked round the site before I posted but couldn't find it.

Many thanks.

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How do I assign the key on bottom left of handset - N70?

Really? Yours used to do that? How odd...

I don't think there's any way of setting that key to do that... however, there are a there is a way of making it more easily accessible, this is what I do:

You can set one of the icons on the Active standby to "New text msg."

Menu - Tools - Settings - Phone - Standby mode - Active Standby apps

 

How do I assign the key on bottom left of handset - N70?

This key is left of the number 7 and * keys and used to take me straight to writing a new text message but it no longer does anything.

Can I re-assign it?

Thanks,

Michelle

 

Just wondering............
The hotkey to call up search is Win key + S.

Did you, by any chance, use that hotkey combo for other purpose ?

 

Hi Billy.

Not that I am aware of...

Is that a way to disable the black box which drives me nuts.

Just tried it and it works. I would like to do that when ever I want to search. Not have it popping up Willy Nilly...

 

I only know how to hide the search bar, but that is not your issue.
Your issue is search bar pops up uninvited. That I don't know how to fix.
Sorry.