Microsoft it is not the first to include spam in its operating system. Both Android and iOS offer us from time to time some other message recommending us to use the applications that are installed natively. Each smartphone manufacturer tends to promote its own through its different layers of customization. Apple is not left out although it does so in a much more subtle way without allowing us to deactivate the default applications to send emails, text messages, check directions on the maps ... Hence, no matter how much it is said that Microsoft has spent three towns showing ads on their apps are completely false and unreal.
From time to time, when we are using an application that is not developed by Microsoft but has an alternative installed, such as the Chrome or Firefox browsers, it is likely that within the application or at the bottom of the screen, where open applications are displayed or on the clock, a message appears urging us to use, for example Edge, accompanying it with the advantages it offers us over the competition. If these types of ads bother you, you can deactivate them so that they do not appear again.
To begin with, it must be borne in mind that this type of advertising is not invasive at any time since Microsoft's intention is in good faith, so it probably won't bother you at all, and which focuses mainly on providing us with information related to native applications, tips to get the most out of Windows 10 and more. But we also find the suggested applications, those applications that have reached an agreement with Microsoft to be installed directly or show a direct link to the Windows Store so that we can proceed to install it.
How to remove ads from the lock screen
On Android devices it is very common to find advertising, advertising that comes from applications that we have downloaded for free but in return offers us advertising even in the soup. Fortunately, the type of advertising that Microsoft shows us throughout its system is related only to its applications and services. The lock screen is not saved. Amazon devices were the first to do it, an advertisement that we could remove if we paid a little more for the device.
In order to deactivate this type of advertising, we must go to the Windows Settings icon, and click on the gear wheel. Next we go to the option Personalization. Next we go in the right column to Fondo. By clicking on the drop-down box we must change Featured Windows content by Image or Presentation, according to our needs.
If we select Presentation, Windows will offer us the possibility of adding individual images or selecting a folder where all the images that we want to show alternatively on the lock screen of our Windows 10 PC are displayed.
How to turn off tips, tricks, and tips
For some time now, there are many operating systems that insist on showing us tricks, tips or suggestions on the use of different operating systems. For novice users it is appreciated, but for those of us who have been using them for several years, it is more of a nuisance than a help. Windows 10 has an option called Get tips, tricks, and tips while using Windows, an option that we must deactivate to avoid that every two by three we skip a message of this type.
To deactivate them, once we have accessed the configuration options, we must go to the system options and search the Notifications section to proceed to deactivate Get tips, advice, and tips while using Windows.
How to turn off Office advertising
Obviously Microsoft also tries to get users to make use of Microsoft's Office suite and it does not save itself from periodically sending us notifications inviting us to try Office 365, thanks to the free month of promotion that it offers us. The only way to remove these types of ads is removed the app from Settings> System> Apps & Features. Or we can go to the icon that invites us to try Office, click on the right mouse button and select Uninstall.
How to disable suggested apps from the Start menu
Microsoft reached an agreement with some developers to display ads for their applications within the Start menu. Surely you have noticed that next to the installation of Windows 10 we find various applications such as Tripadvisor, Candy Crush to give some examples. These applications are usually displayed in the Start menu, on the left. If we want to deactivate it we just have to access the Settings menu again and click on the Personalization tab then deactivate the option Show suggestions occasionally at startup.
How to disable the dynamic icons on the Start menu
Although dynamic icons are not only related to advertising, they can be very annoying, since they distract our attention every time we access the start menu, doing their function perfectly. To be able to disable these dynamic icons, we must do it manually, we cannot do it jointly, so we must place ourselves on top of each one and click on the right button selecting Disable dynamic icon.
How to turn off Cortana assistant suggestions
Cortana's suggestions can also be a problem, especially if we do not usually make use of it or rather little. From time to time Cortana will launch a message so that we remember that it is still there, in the form of a recommendation or suggestion. Deactivating this option, like most, is very simple. To do this we must click on Cortana and click on the gear. Then We deactivate the Suggestions option on the taskbar.
Disable ads in Windows 10 in one go
In a native way we can deactivate this type of ads application by application, but the configuration options, sometimes, they are so hidden that it will probably take us a long time to do so. Fortunately, we can make use of a third-party application that will automatically take care of deactivating the ads in the file explorer, the start menu, the lock screen, and Cortana, including the Get tips and tricks function as Windows is used.
This application comes in the form of a log file, we just have to download and double click on the file turn-off-ads-windows-10.reg to deactivate them or twice in turn-off-ads-windows-10.reg so that they are shown again. The creator of this file is Martin Brinkmann, a well-known editor of GHacks, a website where we can find a large number of tricks and small applications to customize our version of Windows. Although these files modify the registry, something with which we must always be especially careful, they will not affect the stability that Windows can offer us at any time, so we can use them without any type of fear.