Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana  

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana

    How to Clear Your Personal Data and Info from Cortana
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    01 Jun 2020
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    How to Clear Your Personal Data and Info from Cortana


    Cortana, your personal productivity assistant, helps you stay on top of what matters and save time finding what you need. Simply type or speak requests in natural language to connect with people, manage your schedule, find a free hour, set a reminder, add a task, and more. You can also find local information, get definitions, and keep track of the latest news, weather, and finance updates.

    With the Windows 10 May 2020 Update version 2004, you now have access to a new Cortana experience that offers an emphasis on productivity, helping you quickly find the information you want across Microsoft 365. Cortana in Windows 10 features a chat-based UI that gives you the ability to interact with Cortana using your voice or the keyboard.

    Cortana in Windows will assist you in better managing your schedule and tasks. You can speak or type requests to check your calendar, set a reminder, or add to your lists in Microsoft To Do. And you can look up local information, get definitions, and keep track of the latest news, weather, and finance information with Bing search.

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    This tutorial will show you how to clear what Cortana stored about you on your Windows 10 PC and in the cloud on the Bing.com dashboard.


    Contents

    • Option One: Clear Personal Data Cortana Knows about you on this Device by Signing out of Cortana
    • Option Two: Clear Personal Data Cortana Knows about you on this Device in Cortana Settings
    • Option Three: View and Clear Personal Data Cortana Knows about you in the Cloud from Microsoft Privacy Dashboard






    OPTION ONE

    Clear Personal Data Cortana Knows about you on this Device by Signing out of Cortana


    1 Sign out of Cortana (click on link).

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-sign_out_of_cortana.png






    OPTION TWO

    Clear Personal Data Cortana Knows about you on this Device in Cortana Settings


    1 Open Cortana.

    2 Click/tap on the Menu (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_privacy-1.png

    3 Click/tap on Privacy under Account. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_privacy-2.png

    4 Click/tap on the Clear button under Chat history. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_clear_privacy-1.png

    5 Click/tap on Clear to confirm. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_clear_privacy-2.png

    6 You can now close Cortana settings or the Cortana app if you like.






    OPTION THREE

    View and Clear Personal Data Cortana Knows about you in the Cloud from Microsoft Privacy Dashboard


    1 Open Cortana.

    2 Click/tap on the Menu (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_privacy-1.png

    3 Click/tap on Privacy under Account. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_privacy-2.png

    4 Click/tap on the Open button under Microsoft Privacy Dashboard. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_microsoft_privacy_dashboard-1.png

    5 Click/tap on Edit Cortana Data in the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_microsoft_privacy_dashboard-2.png

    6 Click/tap on the Clear Cortana data button when finished viewing your Cortana data history. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_microsoft_privacy_dashboard-3.png

    7 Click/tap on Clear to confirm. (see screenshot below)

    Clear Personal Data and Information from Cortana-cortana_microsoft_privacy_dashboard-4.png


    That's it,
    Shawn






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    Tutorial updated for Windows 10 version 2004.
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