Solved How to disable Recall Snapshots


Recall seems useful, but it requires a Copilot+ PC; processors that meet the 40-TOPS NPU requirement include the Qualcomm Snapdragon X series, AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, and Intel Core Ultra 200V series.

Microsoft:

Recall (preview) is an experience exclusive to Copilot+ PCs that will help you easily find and remember things you've seen using natural language. To help provide you with that "photographic" memory, you can opt in to saving snapshots of your screen periodically. You can quickly search your snapshots to find things on your Copilot+ PC. For example, you can search for content you've seen in apps, websites, images, and documents.

You're always in control of what's saved as a snapshot. You can disable saving snapshots, pause temporarily, filter apps and websites, and delete your snapshots at any time.

To help maintain your privacy, Recall processes your content locally on the Copilot+ PC and securely stores it on your device. Every time you launch Recall or change Recall settings, you'll be asked to confirm that it's you using Windows Hello.
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Celery said:
Recall seems useful, but it requires a Copilot+ PC; processors that meet the 40-TOPS NPU requirement include the Qualcomm Snapdragon X series, AMD Ryzen AI 300 series, and Intel Core Ultra 200V series.

Microsoft:
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Putting machine requirements aside, if Recall snapshots are stored on a cloud, then you can never truly delete it. You might not see it anymore but it's still there, stored by MS and anybody MS wants to grant access to it.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2 build: (26200.7623)
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    Laptop
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    Microsoft Surface Pro
    Memory
    32GB
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    Microsoft 25H2 Pro
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    Dell Pro 14 - PC14250
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    Intel Core Ultra 7
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    64GB
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    Intel Integrated Graphics
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    Micron 1TB SSD
cheaterslick said:
Putting machine requirements aside, if Recall snapshots are stored on a cloud, then you can never truly delete it. You might not see it anymore but it's still there, stored by MS and anybody MS wants to grant access to it.
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If Recall was designed to be stored in the cloud, why does MS require you have 10-150 GB of local disk space reserved for snapshots?

Device storage capacity
Storage allocation options for Recall

256 GB
25 GB (default), 10 GB

512 GB
75 GB (default), 50 GB, 25 GB

1 TB, or more
150 GB (default), 100 GB, 75 GB, 50 GB, 25 GB
 

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    Windows 7
cheaterslick said:
Putting machine requirements aside, if Recall snapshots are stored on a cloud, then you can never truly delete it. You might not see it anymore but it's still there, stored by MS and anybody MS wants to grant access to it.
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As currently implemented, Recall stores snapshots locally on the user’s device and processes them on-device.

That said, some users remain skeptical due to past telemetry practices, but technically speaking, Recall itself is designed as a local-only feature.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
    Motherboard
    ASRock B650E Taichi Lite
    Memory
    Kingston FURY Beast 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MT/s
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 OC Edition 16GB GDDR6
    Hard Drives
    Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 16"
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
    Memory
    64GB (2x 32GB) DDR5-6400
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 Laptop GPU
    Hard Drives
    2x 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (SK Hynix)
I believe it will be stored the same way Office 365 is stored, on both the cloud and locally.

Once in the cloud, MS will then use AI to sort through all those billions and billions of snapshots when it needs to.

'tis the future, my friends... 'tis the future... ;-)
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2 build: (26200.7623)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Microsoft Surface Pro
    Memory
    32GB
  • Operating System
    Microsoft 25H2 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Pro 14 - PC14250
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 7
    Memory
    64GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Integrated Graphics
    Hard Drives
    Micron 1TB SSD
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