Windows 11 - Turning off some of the Ads


andrew129260

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See brinks tutorials here to turn off ads in the search menu:


See brinks tutorial here to turn off ads in the widgets:
(This makes it look like desktop gadgets from windows vista and 7!)


You can also do this tutorial to disable all ads:


I never knew about these, and it made these features a lot more useful to me. Usually I am good at finding settings on my own, but I must admit once I saw all the ads I just gave up on it and turned it all off.

But you can actually use them and they are useful! Like so:

Search icon:

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Widgets:
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