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Windows displays suggestions, tips, and recommendations
My Windows system keeps showing me constant suggestions, tips, and recommendations in the Start menu, lock screen, settings app, and notification center, even after I've turned off several options in the settings. I want to completely disable all these intrusive prompts and recommendations across the entire operating system, but the scattered settings make it confusing to know which toggle actually controls what, so I need a clear guide to turn everything off permanently.
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Toggle off the switch next to Show me the Windows welcome experience after each update.
You want to disable several recommendation systems, so one switch will not cover them. In Settings > System > Notifications, expand Additional settings and clear the Windows welcome experience and tips and suggestions options. In Settings > Personalization > Start, turn off recommendation providers, including recently added apps, frequently used apps, recently opened items, and tips or shortcuts. For the lock screen, choose Picture or Slideshow instead of Windows spotlight, then set Lock screen status to None. In Settings > Privacy & security > General, disable suggested content in Settings and personalized advertising, and turn off every category under Personalization > Device usage. Restart Windows afterward. Managed devices can reapply these choices through policy; if a setting is locked or returns after sign-in, check the connected work or school account and ask its administrator which policy controls it. Windows does not provide one supported “disable all suggestions” master control.
