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Windows 10 Settings

INFO

This guide assumes that you are using a local account on Windows 10 LTSC, we recommend that you remove your Microsoft account from your device as it can pose a privacy risk.

System

Clipboard

  • Clipboard history: Off
  • Clear clipboard data: Clear

Optional features

  • Remove any features you don't need

Devices

Typing

  • Typing
    • Show text suggestions as I type on the software keyboard: Off
  • Hardware keyboard
    • Show text suggestions as I type: Off
  • Multilingual text suggestions
    • Show text suggestions based on the recognised language that you are typing in: Off

AutoPlay

  • Use AutoPlay for all media and devices: Off

Mobile devices

  • Don't connect your phone to your PC

Personalisation

Start

  • Show recently added apps: Off
  • Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar and in File Explorer Quick Access: Off

Apps

Apps & features

  • Remove any apps you don't need

Offline Maps

  • Delete all maps
  • Automatically update maps: Off

Startup

  • Remove any applications you don't need to start with your system.

Accounts

Email & accounts

  • Remove all accounts

Sign-in options

  • Use a complex password or PIN

Access work or school

  • Remove all connections

Windows backup

  • Remember my apps: Off
  • Remember my preferences: Off

Permissions & History

  • Cloud content search
    • Turn both off
  • Search history on this device: Off
    • Clear device search history

Privacy

General

  • Change privacy options
    • Turn all off

Speech

  • Online speech recognition: Off

Inking & typing personalisation

  • Getting to know you: Off

Diagnostics & feedback

  • Diagnostic data: Required diagnostic data (For Windows 10 LTSC users, there's a better option)
  • Improve inking and typing: Off
  • Tailored experiences: Off
  • View diagnostic data: Off
  • Delete diagnostic data
    • Delete

Activity history

  • Store my activity history on this device: Off
  • Clear activity history
    • Clear

Other devices

  • Communicate with unpaired devices: Off

Background apps

  • Background apps: Off

App diagnostics

  • Allow access to app diagnostic info on this device
    • Change -> Off

INFO

Disable any other permissions that you don't need applications to access on your computer.

Update & Security

Delivery Optimisation

  • Allow downloads from other PCs: Off

Windows Security

  • Virus & threat protection -> Virus & threat protection settings
    • Manage settings -> Automatic sample submission: Off

Find my device

  • Find my device: Off