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Stopping ads on Windows 10

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:39 pm
by tangent
I used this source to create a registry file to hopefully remove Windows 11 ads from Windows 10. This guide is also useful for making registry files to make such changes easier.

You shouldn't trust a file you find online without checking it, but I'm including that registry file as an attachment because I'm lazy.

Stop Windows 11 Ads.reg
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Assuming I can in an edit because I had to modify settings to make this work aaaa.

This was created to specifically stop ads for Windows 11, but may affect other ads as well.

Re: Stopping Windows 11 ads on Windows 10

Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:41 pm
by tangent
Related: Stopping a lot of built-in advertising through the Settings UI: https://www.howtogeek.com/269331/how-to ... vertising/

Title is misleading because this doesn't stop all ads.

Re: Stopping ads on Windows 10

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:36 pm
by tangent
I am so close to being able to stop using Windows entirely, but in the meantime, I encountered a new ad type: backup service advertisements! It's bad enough that Microsoft automatically spies on your computer usage, now they want you to automatically send your files to them too! :D

Anyhow, this should disable it:

Disable Backup Advertisements.reg
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