Ready-made sets

A set is several settings at once: you make one pick instead of choosing each setting.

• Open the menu and find the “Ready-made sets” section.
• Pick a set - you can see what’s in each one below.
• You can undo the last change from the same set.

Privacy basics

A good start: fewer ads and less data collection, with almost no change to how you work.

• Telemetry and diagnostics
• Advertising and recommendations

Full privacy

For those who want to lock down everything personal at once, while File Explorer and the look of Windows stay the same.

• Telemetry and diagnostics
• Input, speech, activity history
• Advertising and recommendations
• AI: Copilot and Recall
• App permissions

Minimal data collection

The most careful step: Windows sends Microsoft only the minimum data, and nothing else changes.

• Telemetry and diagnostics

Turnkey workplace

For a work or new PC: privacy basics, Start menu search without web results, and a clearer File Explorer.

• Telemetry and diagnostics
• Advertising and recommendations
• Windows Search
• Remote access to this PC
• Show file name extensions
• Do not track recent files (Start, File Explorer, Jump Lists)
• Disallow autoplay for cameras and phones