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Disable Windows Recall

🔍 Disable 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. 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.