Focus assist . . . message from Cortana

The three choices are: Priority . . . Alarms . . . Off

I had Focus assist on Priority, and changed it . . . The message from her still gets through on Alarms

Off seems to have fixed it

Win Defender scan status appears to get through on "Off", also . . . some info through the Notification sidebar is good.

I never use Cortana. Is there a setting in there?

It would be good if the messages you see there had a link that you can click on to quiet them.

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Even with Focus assist off, I still get this:

Focus assist
Your notifications will remain quiet here in Action Center while you're in full screen mode.
Only alarms will break through.
8:16 PM ■ via Cortana
Turn off now
Change focus assist

I figured it out. Much easier than the Tutorial:

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Settings / System / Focus assist

[dot] Off

[ ] Priority
. . . click: Customize your priority list
. . . un-check and Delete everything here: contacts and apps
. . . In combination with everything off (next), this appears to have been the fix

[ ] Alarms / Off

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Set all of these to "Off" . . . I tried individuals ones "On", with changes to the above, but that had no effect on the Cortana message

[Off] During these times ... 11:00 PM - 7:00 AM ... On / Priority only
[Off] When I'm duplicating my display ... ... ... On / Alarms only
[Off] When I'm playing a game ... ... ... ... ... On / Priority only
[Off] When I'm using an app in full screen mode ... On / Alarms only

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[un-check] Show me a summary of what I missed while focus assist was on
09/12/19 No effect on the Cortana message

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09/27/19

How to Disable Cortana Permanently in Group Policy Editor . . . How to Turn Off Cortana in Windows 10

Win+R / gpedit.msc

Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Search
Double-click "Allow Cortana"

[dot] Not Configured is the Default . . . Change it to:
[dot] Disabled / Apply / Ok
Close the Group Policy Editor / Restart

09/29/19 No effect on the Cortana message. I put back to Default.

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Sidebar Cortana message stopped?
11/05/19 un-checked the Apps, turned off
11/14/19 I haven't seen it
11/25/19 I haven't seen it

Win Defender scan results still show up in the Sidebar, though

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