Windows 10 and 11 bring a lot of new features and aims to make your daily work as easy and hassle-free as possible. Microsoft does grant you some further rights in order that you can set your privacy the way you would like it. However, these new settings often only apply to programs that were installed after the Update, and some old settings are simply reset to “Standard“ automatically. Windows 10 and 11 quite freely shares your personal data with Microsoft and certain apps. Some services protocol your entire keyboard entries, share your WLAN access data with your Facebook contacts or connect your computer without asking permission to a public – and potentially unprotected – network. While this means that you and your contacts do not have to grapple with complicated WLAN passwords, it also poses a significant security risk.
Windows lets you manage some of the available privacy settings in a new easier to use dashboard. Unfortunately, it does not give you full control over your privacy on your very own PC. Without a deep understanding of Windows, it is very difficult to protect your privacy.
Protect your privacy under Windows 10 and Windows 11 – Free!
O&O Software’s freeware O&O ShutUp10 means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 and Windows 11 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far. Using a very simple interface, you decide how Windows 10 and 11 should respect your privacy by making recommendations and giving tips for which unwanted functions should be deactivated. And should you change your mind later on, e.g. giving the personal assistant Cortana a try, all changes can be reverted with a single click.
Alternatively, ensure permanent, automatic privacy with the Premium Edition
The new O&O ShutUp10 Premium Edition ensures that your chosen privacy settings remain permanently enforced – fully automatically, even after Windows updates or system changes. Once configured, O&O ShutUp10 Premium continuously monitors your system and automatically restores your preferred settings whenever changes are detected. This gives you permanent control over what Windows is allowed to collect and share about you.
Particularly after Windows updates or major system modifications, it is common for previously configured privacy options to be reactivated or altered. O&O ShutUp10 Premium detects such changes and ensures that the desired configurations remain permanently intact.
New in Version 3.2.1111
Added:
- Disable Click to Do
- Disable the Settings agent
- Disable AI features in Notepad
- Disable AI actions in File Explorer
- Disable Find My Device
- Disable Microsoft account cloud content search (
- Disable work or school cloud content search
- Disable device search history
- Disable Start menu recommendations for tips, shortcuts and new apps
- Disable Start menu account notifications
- Disable Settings app account notifications
- Disable extension of Windows search with Bing
- Deny app access to generative AI
- Deny app access to generative AI
- Deny app access to presence sensing
- Deny app access to presence sensing
- Do not send device name in diagnostic data
- Windows Insider Program conflict detection: when the PC is enrolled in the Windows Insider Program, a notice explains that certain diagnostic-data settings prevent participation, and a dialog offers to disable those settings
Improved:
- Settings that do not apply to the installed Windows edition (e.g. certain Cortana settings) are no longer applied
Fixed:
- Fixed an issue where displaying the Secure Boot certificate status could briefly freeze the user interface
- PREM: The main window could no longer be displayed after being maximized and then minimized or closed to the tray
- PREM: With autostart enabled, an empty black window could appear in the Alt-Tab switcher after Windows sign-in that could not be clicked or opened (the application kept running correctly in the system tray). The cause was restoring the saved window position at startup, which pulled the hidden, minimized startup window back out of its minimized state so it was not hidden cleanly
Compatible with Windows 11 and Windows 10; x86, x64, and ARM architecture.
Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Chinese (simplified).
Download now – no install, no crapware!
Download O&O ShutUp10 free from our Website. The free Edition of O&O ShutUp10 does not have to be installed – it can be simply run directly and immediately on your PC (portable). And it will not install or download retrospectively unwanted or unnecessary software – no crapware.
