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Disable Windows Recall

πŸ” Disable Windows Recall in registry or powershell

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Usual disclaimer: Use at your own risk. Backup your registry before making any changes.

In theory this should be off by default and you shouldn't need this to disable Windows Recall. In theory.

Powershell

Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName "Recall" -Remove

Registry

This key/path may not exist.
Create or change AllowRecallEnablement (DWORD) at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI
Change value to 0

Create or change DisableAIDataAnalysis (DWORD) at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI
Change value to 1

Location

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI

.reg file

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI]
"AllowRecallEnablement"=dword:00000000
"DisableAIDataAnalysis"=dword:00000001

You can copy and paste into the address bar in registry editor.

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