How to Turn On or Off Showing App Suggestions in Start in Windows 10
In Windows 10, you will occasionally see app suggestions on Start such as Candy Crush Soda Saga, Twitter, Minecraft, Flipboard etc... in All Apps on the left side of Start. If you click/tap on the suggested app, it will open to the app in Store where you can view additional information or download and install it.
These suggested apps in your Start menu and pinned to your Start screen are basically just advertising.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off app suggestions (advertising) in All Apps on the Start menu for your account in Windows 10.
To remove suggested apps such as Candy Crush Soda Saga, Twitter, Minecraft, Flipboard etc. that are already on Start, you will need to manually unpin from Start the apps or uninstall (if installed) the apps.
Contents
- Option One: To Turn Off App Suggestions in Start in Start Menu
- Option Two: To Turn On or Off App Suggestions in Start in Settings
- Option Three: To Turn On or Off App Suggestions in Start using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Suggested app on Start
1 Open the Start menu.
2 Right click on a Suggested app, click/tap on Turn off all suggestions, and go to step 3 in OPTION TWO below. (see screenshot below)
1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Personalization icon.
2 Click/tap on Start on the left side. (see screenshot below)
3 Turn on (default) or off Show suggestions occasionally in Start for what you want.
4 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ContentDeliveryManager
SubscribedContent-338388Enabled DWORD
0 = Off
1 = On
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
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_Show_suggestions_on_Start.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_Off_Show_suggestions_on_Start.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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