How do i completely disable Cortana in Windows 10 TH2

**Nimbi** · January 2nd, 2016 08:56 PM

Hello, I've been trying to fully disable Cortana on my computer. Until now I thought turning it off in taskbar was working but today i noticed that it is still running in the background

https://gyazo.com/0d9175ddf658d01dd0dfbc8f1a827284

I've tried clicking the end task via task manager but the program always starts back up just moments later. I'm believing that it may be what keeps disabling my built in Intel HD Graphics chipset and I need to turn it of so it will stop doing so. I can get the chipset driver back on easily enough but it's a pain to have to keep doing so over and over again just because Cortana keeps disabling it. [Basically i keep getting the code 43 issue and have to uninstall the driver and check for hardware changes to fix it every time.] Can someone please help me disable Cortana in Windows 10 TH2?

**Shemhamforash** · January 2nd, 2016 09:38 PM

Here you go

Right click the Uninstall Cortana.cmd file and select "Run as Administrator".

Source: https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-unins...in-windows-10/

**2635599** · January 2nd, 2016 09:38 PM

Darkwater409 do you want to completely disable it or simply make is so it only searches your machine and not the internet? try these.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/29497...assistant.html

https://www.pcworld.com/article/29661...0s-search.html

**Nimbi** · January 2nd, 2016 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Shemhamforash

Here you go

Right click the Uninstall Cortana.cmd file and select "Run as Administrator".

Source: https://winaero.com/blog/how-to-unins...in-windows-10/

This didn't remove Cortana. Now it has 2 separate cortana services running in the background
.

https://gyazo.com/32979ce25fbc7d7de434351704d2607a

**Agelyk** · January 2nd, 2016 10:36 PM

Start / Settings / voice-privacy, ink and writing / and disable the option "stop recognize"

**Shemhamforash** · January 2nd, 2016 10:42 PM

Originally Posted by Darkwater409

This didn't remove Cortana. Now it has 2 separate cortana services running in the background
.

https://gyazo.com/32979ce25fbc7d7de434351704d2607a

OK before I posted it I tried it on TH2 and it worked I have no Cortana process in task manager maybe try it again by running as admin and have this file in the same location then reboot?