Windows 10: Is there a way to stop/disable Cortana?

Cannot keep Cortana from running nor from restarting after I do End Task on Task Manager.

How to disable it permanently? I don't feel confident enough to do the Registry Edit thing, so hope there are other options available.

It sucks that Microsoft is forcing all of these system hog products on us, like Cortana and Skype, that take up all the processing speed and RAM, don't like or use any of these products.

Hope someone can help. Thanks.

Running the latest latest of everything (since it does the forced upgrades as well). Windows 10 etc.

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Any working way to remove Cortana?


Is there a way to do that without downloading the reg file? (Can I do that myself?)
Also, will that stop the Cortana background process?
Because I already disabled Cortana itself alone, what you're suggesting is additional. or just another way to disable Cortana but leaving it working in the background?*Huh

 

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

 

Disable TimeBroker, Cortana and Edge in Windows 10

Thank you for your reply -

Step 1: Disabled is not an option - only hidden. I have never responded positively to Cortana but she remains listed among the Background processes in Task Manager.

Step 2: Under settings-Default Apps, Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is my default Web browser, but while I can invoke IE11 cleanly from the taskbar where IE11 is pinned, whenever any other applications like Windows Explorer or Office Outlook invokes a browser
a choice list of all browsers always comes up instead of invoking IE11 cleanly.

Step 3: I have managed to stop runaway TimeBroker by disabling all apps in Privacy. It is caused by Cortana or Edge wanting to index 2 terabytes of files each session. I use X1, paid software, for this. X1 is very tame and does not run constantly the way
TimeBroker does.