Disable Microsoft Cortana

Cortana is included in Windows 10. More information about Cortana

When creating a Windows 10 master image, you may want to disable it. You can disable Cortana using PowerShell with a registry key:

PS > New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\' -Name 'Windows Search' | Out-Null
PS > New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search' -Name 'AllowCortana' -PropertyType DWORD -Value '0' | Out-Null

This transforms the Cortana box into a “Search Windows” box.

Note: you can also disable Cortana by GPO(Group Policy Object).

Just Navigate to:

Computer Configuration

Administrative Templates

Windows Components

Search.

Set the “Allow Cortana” option to “Disabled”

Alternative Way

Just Copy the "Disable-MCortana.ps1" Script in my repo and ctrl+v in your notepad

Save the File as "Disable-MCortana.ps1".

Now Right click on the "Disable-MCortana.ps1" and select "Run with PowerShell"

Done! Cortana should be disabled now, whenever you use the search bar, it will be the good old search bar, you won't see the cortana icon

• If you have any suggestions to this README or about the Script, feel free to inform me. And if you liked, you are free to use it for yourself.(P.S. Star it too!! 😬 )

• Your Contributions are much welcomed here!

  Fork the project

  Compile your work

  Call in for a Pull Request

Credits: Samuel Jayasingh

Last Edited on: 20/01/2022