Windows 10: Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings app in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings app in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings app in Windows 10


Starting with Settings. This content comes in a variety of forms, and can help you discover new features within Settings, or suggest new content and apps you may find interesting.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing suggested content in the Settings app for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings from Settings
• Option Two: Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Suggested content in Settings









OPTION ONE [/i] Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings from Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Privacy icon.

2. Click/tap on General on the left side, turn On (default) or Off Show me suggested content in the Settings app for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. You can now close Settings if you like.









OPTION TWO [/i] Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings using a REG file

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

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager

SubscribedContent-338393Enabled DWORDs
SubscribedContent-353694Enabled
SubscribedContent-353696Enabled

0 = Off
1 = On


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


2. To Turn On Suggested Content in Settings
*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.

Turn_ON_suggested_content_in_Settings.reg

Download

3. To Turn Off Suggested Content in Settings
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_suggested_content_in_Settings.reg

Download
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. If you like, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Settings / account “suggestions” added

Hello Steven, *Smile

You might see if turning off Show me suggested content in the Settings app below will stop this for you. If it doesn't, then yeah go ahead and post a screenshot showing this to see what it may be.

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How to remove Microsoft tips in settings app.

Hello Gort, *Smile

Turning off suggested content in Settings should stop this for you.

*Arrow Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings app in Windows 10 | Windows 10 Tutorials

 

2 settings items

Hello HMusic, *Smile

Option 2 in the tutorial below can help you with the suggested content in Settings.

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Turn On or Off Tip, Trick, and Suggestion Notifications in Windows 10  

Odd. It still only affects the SubscribedContent-338389Enabled DWORD for me.


SubscribedContent-338393Enabled is for "Show me suggested content in the Settings app" below instead.

*Arrow Turn On or Off Suggested Content in Settings app in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

I don't know what SubscribedContent-353694Enabled is for yet. It's not in my registry.

 

I'm still seeing start menu ads dispite turning them off


Hello BreadedChicken, and welcome to Ten Forums.

The Occasionally show suggestions in Start setting is only for the Suggested apps shown in the All Apps list in the Start menu instead.

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You can also turn off automatic installation of suggested apps to completely stop them. Be sure to also read the blue note box at the top of the tutorial below for more info.

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