How to Turn On or Off Showing My People App Suggestions in Windows 10


Starting in Windows 10 build 17063, Microsoft will now suggest apps in My People that you might be interested in as developers work to integrate My People support into their apps.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing app suggestions in My People for your account in Windows 10.

My People is no longer being developed in Windows 10 version 1909 and higher. It may be removed in a future update.



Contents

  • Option One: Turn On or Off My People Suggested Apps in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn On or Off My People Suggested Apps using a REG file



EXAMPLE: Where suggested apps will show in My People
Turn On or Off My People Suggested Apps in Windows 10-my_people_apps.jpg






OPTION ONE

Turn On or Off My People Suggested Apps in Settings


1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon.

2. Click/tap on Taskbar on the left side, turn On (default) or Off Show My People app suggestions for what you want on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3. You can now close Settings if you like.

Turn On or Off My People Suggested Apps in Windows 10-my_people_app_suggestions.jpg






OPTION TWO

Turn On or Off My People Suggested Apps using a REG file



The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager

SubscribedContent-314563Enabled DWORD

0 = Off
1 = On

1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


 2. To Turn On My People Suggested Apps

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_ON_My_People_app_suggestions.reg

Download


 3. To Turn Off My People Suggested Apps

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_OFF_My_People_app_suggestions.reg

Download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. If you like, you can delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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