microsoft can perish
This page is dedicated to saving ways to lobotomize my PC into not advertising to me on the machine I fucking own. I use Windows 10 but there's some Windows 11 stuff here too.
Simple Stuff
- Uninstall Copilot
- You can do this from the Control Panel/Settings.
- Install O&O Software
- O&O makes excellent software, like ShutUp10 and AppBuster.
Not As Simple Stuff
- Uninstall Recall (Win11)
- Open Powershell. Paste this line: reg add HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsCopilot /v "TurnOffWindowsCopilot" /t REG_DWORD /f /d 1 and restart your PC.
- Disable Windows Web Search (Win11)
- This stupid feature gives you internet results for the file explorer search. Follow this tutorial.