Microsoft’s Cortana has lost AI voice assistant battle to Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant, but it still remains a part of Windows 10. So as we know most of as don’t use Cortana at all and want to uninstall it from our Windows 10 computer, you have come to the right place. Because today, we will show you how to fully uninstall Microsoft Cortana from your Windows 10 PC using a simple process.
Uninstall Cortana
In this article, we will know how to completely uninstall Microsoft’s Cortana voice assistant from Windows 10 using PowerShell. Unfortunately, you cannot uninstall Cortana from the Windows Settings or from the Control Panel. We will also show you how to reinstall it on your computer just in case you have a change in mind. So without further delay, let’s go.
steps to uninstall Cortana
- To uninstall Cortana on your PC, you first need to open Windows PowerShell with admin privilege. To do that, right-click on the Start button and select “Windows PowerShell (Admin)” from the pop-up menu.
- Now copy+paste the following command and hit Enter:
Get-AppxPackage -allusers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage
That’s it! You have successfully uninstalled Cortana from your Windows 10 PC. The app is now gone for good and will not show up in the task manager or when you search for it in the Windows Search bar. But fear not, you can get it back on your computer any time you want.
Steps to Reinstall Cortana
The Cortana app is available to download on the Microsoft Store, which means Windows 10 users can reinstall it on their devices whenever they want. So in the future, if Microsoft’s AI assistant becomes relevant again, which is highly doubtful, or gets new features you want to try out, just hop over to the Microsoft Store and reinstall the app.
If you have any doubt please let me know.