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Disable Microsoft Recall

Last Updated: 2024-10-24

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Description

Disables MS Recall built into Windows since 24H2.

Preview Code
"WPFTweaksRecallOff": {
    "Content": "Disable Recall",
    "Description": "Turn Recall off",
    "category": "Essential Tweaks",
    "panel": "1",
    "Order": "a011_",
    "registry": [
      {

        "Path": "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\WindowsAI",
        "Name": "DisableAIDataAnalysis",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "Value": "1",
        "OriginalValue": "0"
      }
    ],
    "InvokeScript": [
      "
      Write-Host \"Disable Recall\"
      DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall
      "
    ],
    "UndoScript": [
      "
      Write-Host \"Enable Recall\"
      DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall
      "
    ],
    "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/Winutil/dev/tweaks/Essential-Tweaks/DisableRecall"
  },

Invoke Script


      Write-Host "Disable Recall"
      DISM /Online /Disable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall


Undo Script


      Write-Host "Enable Recall"
      DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:Recall


Registry Changes

Applications and System Components store and retrieve configuration data to modify windows settings, so we can use the registry to change many settings in one place.

You can find information about the registry on Wikipedia and Microsoft's Website.

Registry Key: DisableAIDataAnalysis

Type: DWord

Original Value: 0

New Value: 1

View the JSON file