How to Sign in or Sign out of Cortana in Windows 10


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.

See also:

• Making it easier to stay caught up with Cortana in Microsoft 365
• What is Cortana? | Windows Support
• What’s new with Cortana? | Windows Support
• What can you do with Cortana in Windows? | Windows Support
• Cortana in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Docs
• Cortana's regions and languages | Windows Support
• Cortana and privacy | Microsoft Privacy Support

This tutorial will show you how to sign in and sign out of Cortana with your Microsoft account to turn on or off Cortana personalization in Windows 10.

Contents

• Option One: Sign in to Cortana
• Option Two: Sign out of Cortana

OPTION ONE

Sign in to Cortana

1 Open Cortana.

2 Perform one of the following actions: (see screenshots below)

A) Click/tap on the Sign in button.

OR

B) Click/tap on the Menu (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Sign in.

3 Select the Microsoft account or Work or school account you want to sign in to Cortana with, and click/tap on Continue. (see screenshot below)

If the account you want to use is not listed under Use this account, then click/tap on Microsoft account or Work or school account under Use a different account to add it.

OPTION TWO

Sign out of Cortana

1 Open Cortana.

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

3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

4 You can now close the Cortana app if you like.

That's it,
Shawn

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