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Microsoft is deeply integrating its virtual assistant, Cortana, into Windows 10. This gives you a customized experience by tracking your calendar appointments, typing patterns, flights, search terms and similar items.

But if you’re concerned about privacy and the amount of information that you’re giving to Microsoft, via Cortana, you can turn the feature off, and erase the collected content.

On a tablet or PC running Windows 10, head to Settings > Privacy and select Speech, inking & typing from the left column. Then click the Stop getting to know me button.

You can do the same thing on Windows 10 for phones, too. Go to Settings > Privacy and tap Speech, inking & typing. Then on the next screen tap Stop getting to know me.

Keep in mind that by turning this Cortana feature off, your Windows 10 device(s) will stop collecting information, and erase everything that has been collected on the device, but it also disables voice dictation and the digital assistant benefits.

While the data that was collected on each of your Windows 10 devices has been erased, you can go a step further by deleting what’s already been collected. Head to your Bing account personalization page and log in with your Microsoft Account. Then scroll down to the Other Cortana Data and Personalized Speech, Inking and Typing section and hit the Clear button.

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