Windows 10: How do I hide Cortana from the settings menu ?

I'm in a country that's not supported. Neither the language is supported or the locations for her to suggest like restaurants and so on.

Why does it show up in Settings ? It takes a bit to load into the window too, moving around other setting blocks. Is there a way to remove it from there ? Build 1909.

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Cannot hide app list in Start Menu Windows Home

Hi, suggestion in this thread on this topic here:
can not hide app list in start menu Solved - Windows 10 Forums

 

Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar from Taskbar Context Menu

How to Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar in Windows 10


Cortana is your cloud-based personal assistant that works across your devices and other Microsoft services. Depending on the capabilities of your device and the version of Cortana youre using, Cortana can provide a range of features, some of which are personalized. Cortana on Windows is available in certain regions and languages. If Cortana isnt available for your Windows device, you can still search for files on your device in the search box on the taskbar. Cortana is also available on other platforms, such as Android and iOS, in select markets.

Starting with Search and Cortana buttons on the taskbar.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18317, Microsoft will be decoupling Search and Cortana in the taskbar. This will enable each experience to innovate independently to best serve their target audiences and use cases. Some Insiders have had this update for a few weeks now. For those new to this update, when it rolls out to you, youll find clicking the search box in the taskbar now launches our experience focused on giving you the best in house search experience and clicking the Cortana icon will launch you straight into our voice-first digital assistant experience.

This tutorial will show you how to hide or show the separate Cortana button on the taskbar for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar from Taskbar Context Menu
• Option Two: Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Separate Search and Cortana buttons on taskbar











OPTION ONE

Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar from Taskbar Context Menu
1. Right click or press and hold on the taskbar.

2. Click/tap on Show Cortana button to check (show - default) or uncheck (hide) it for what you want. (see screenshot below)











OPTION TWO

Hide or Show Cortana Button on Taskbar using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

ShowCortanaButton DWORD

0 = Hide
1 = Show


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


2. To Show Cortana Button on Taskbar
*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.

Show_Cortana_button_on_taskbar.reg





3. To Hide Cortana Button on Taskbar
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Hide_Cortana_button_on_taskbar.reg




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. Either sign in to apply.

8. If you like, you can now delete the downloaded .reg file.

That's it,
Shawn


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Hide 'All Apps' in Start Menu

Nyima,

Thank you for your prompt reply, but unfortunately there doesn't seem to be an option to hide the All Apps column in the settings menu you referenced. Is there another way to hide this annoying list of applications?

Thanks!