You can try this tool to disable Cortana too (and all the other spy crap). Very Similar to the one @MrAnonymous posted.



Key features of the app:

• - Delete "Diagnostics Tracking", "WAP Push Message" Services and Keylogger feature
• - Disable domains for feedback
• - Ban user specified unwanted domains
• - Disable Unwanted scheduled tasks
• - Remove unwanted Windows 10 Metro apps
• - Disable AdvertisingID
• - Disable websites to access your language list
• - Disable speech, inking and typing knowing (disable Cortana)
• - Disable web search in the search box
• - Can add your own lines into the "hosts" file during the process
• - Creates Restore Point to support rollback
• - Free system resources like memory and CPU time; this makes notebooks to run a little more time on the battery power
• - It's multilanguage: English, Chinese, German, Russian
• - Language autoselection on the app startup

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EDIT: even with that tool the process called Search or Cortana (depends on the system) is still running but I found a workaround to permanently disable Cortana.

1.- Open Task Manager and Right Click the Search/Cortana process and click on Open File Location.



2.- Now Rename the Cortana Folder to something like Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewyBCK (Note the BCK at the end)



3.- It will tell you that it's being used.



4.- Switch to the Task Manager again and end the task Search/Cortana. Immediately, just before it restarts, click on Try Again.

Your Default Cortana directory will be renamed and Cortana won't be able to start again.

Hope it works.

 

Last edited: Aug 11, 2015

hi guys. I erased all the win10 apps (store, calculator, mail, calendar, etc) with one of these tools. but how can I reactivate these apps? tx in advance