Windows 10 Settings
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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
Search
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
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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