Windows 10: Permanent Removal of Focus Assist or other fixes

I have tried every combination of every setting and switch in the Focus Assist settings, but no matter what I do it comes back on within seconds. I've been able to coast on 'priority only' mode as a compromise, with my messenger apps enabled as priorities, but that no longer seems to be working either. Being unable to even customize focus assist's function is making it worse than useless. It's very important that I'm able to see who's messaging me when.The issue: Despite shutting everything off in Focus Assist's settings, I keep seeing that Focus Assist is on in the tray. Opening up the settin

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How to remove Focus Assist permanently

Despite all my attempts at disabling Focus Assist using instructions provided by official MS and other websites, the app persists. I never use it. How can I permanently remove it, whether using Regedit or another method? FWIW, my Win10 Pro doesn't let
me access Group Policies for some unknown reason. Please help, since I really dislike this waste of time and effort. Thanks.

 

Windows focus assist

Hello Mike, *Smile

Focus Assist used to be called "Quiet Hours".

It's a feature that basically allows you to pause or stop showing notifications when they would be inconvenient.

Here's some tutorials below to give you more details:

Turn On or Off Focus Assist in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

Change Focus Assist Automatic Rules in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

Customize Focus Assist Priority List in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

 

Questions about Focus Assist

Hello, *Smile

If you turn off Get notifications from apps and other senders, it will disable notifications from everything except Windows system notifications.

Turning on Focus Assist will turn off all notifications until you turn off Focus Assist.

Turn On or Off Focus Assist in Windows 10

Customize Focus Assist Priority List in Windows 10

Change Focus Assist Automatic Rules in Windows 10