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Disable Cortana In Windows 10 (All updates)

You may have tried to shut down cortana on your windows 10 machine because of some privacy issue or some other reason. But you have failed to turn it off. Microsoft doesn't want you to leave cortana.
On the latest version of windows, there is no option to turn it off. The previous version of windows 10 had an option to mute cortana, but it was still running in the background and using the same amount of hardware recourses.
You may have seen many complicated tutorials on the internet to deal with cortana by editing windows registry, writing command on windows command prompt Blah! Blah! Blah!
You can disable cortana with just a few clicks, and it will never show its face again. And also you can easily start it again if anytime you decide it to use it.

How to turn off cortana:

We can turn off cortana by changing the country location. Windows 10 cortana currently not available in some countries. If you change your location to one of this country, then cortana will automatically turn off.  And this trick will work on all version of windows 10 including Anniversary update and Creators update.
First, Open the setting and then navigate to "Time & language."



From the left panel select "Region & language."



Now under "Country & region" from the drop-down menu select a country where cortana is not available. Here I have selected "Bangladesh."



Voila! Now click on the cortana. Cortana will display this funny message and automatically turn itself off.



Finally, You have got rid off from the stubborn cortana that was stuck in your windows 10 machine.

How do I get back cortana?

To get back cortana just select a country where cortana is available like United states from the 'Country & region' menu.

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