Microsoft Hell-Bent on resurrecting Cortana on me, even though I've..?

About three times now I have forced deleted Cortana.
It seems like with updates, sometimes Cortana is resurrected from the dead and brought back to life like a zombie from a horror movie. Its like dead for a few weeks, then, boom, back to life and there again in my tasks list, stalking me... : (
Is Microsoft that intent on spying on us?

I don't suppose there is a permanent way of getting rid of Cortana by disabling it being updated or something?

Got to keep doing these drastic steps:
https://www.tenforums.com/software-a...e-cortana.html

I haven't checked your link, but this is what I did on my computer:

Disable Cortana
a) Search for, and open: gpedit.msc
b) Go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Search
c) Disable Allow Cortana

Are you using a preview version? If so, then every time a new build is released, windows essentially resets many functions back to baseline. After all, your job of*being an insider is to test these functions,*so it's understandable they would re-enable them.

This happens during Cumulative Updates on RTM versions (Except for the last one). I've seen it replace Brinks registry patches to alter the drive listing of file explorer, I've seen it replace Cortana etc. It depends on what MS is updating.

I don't take the time to mess with Cortana, just right-click the item on the Taskbar and change it to the icon only, takes up a lot less room on the Taskbar. I can still click that icon to do a Search.