Activity History is a feature that has been incorporated into Windows 10. In it, we find a history of everything we do in the operating system. Therefore, you can see the photos we have seen, what applications we have run and much more. Therefore, there are users who are not happy with this, because it affects their privacy. If you want, you have the possibility to deactivate it.
There are two ways that be able to disable this history in Windows 10. We will show them below, so that if you were thinking of doing it, it will be much easier for you at all times on your computer.
As we have mentioned, we have two different methods. In one of them we are going to make use of the System Registry Windows 10, while in the second of them we will make use of the so-called group policies. Both ways are just as effective in making this activity history disabled forever in the operating system.
Using the registry
The first way to do it, which is the most common in this type of situation, is to make use of the Windows 10 registry. To do this, we are going to open the start menu and type "regedit" in the search box that appears in it. Next, the option to open the system registry on the computer will appear. We then enter it.
Within the registry, we have to follow a certain route in order to get to the desired folder. In this case, the path to follow in the registry is as follows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / Policies / Microsoft / Windows / System. Therefore, once you have reached this location, we are ready for the next step that needs to be carried out.
Next, we have to create a new DWORD value in the window on the right side. We are going to name this new value PublishUserActivities. As in this case, what we want to do is that the Windows 10 activity history is permanently disabled, we have to give a value of 0 to said input. Once this is done, we accept, so that this new value is officially created.
In this way, we have achieved that Windows 10 activity history is disabled forever. Although, it must be remembered that the history that is stored so far will not be able to be deleted. What we are doing is preventing new activities from being introduced into it.
Using group policies
As we said at the beginning, Windows 10 provides us with a second way to be able to disable this activity history. To do this, what we have to do is the following, make use of the so-called group policies. Although this is something that is reserved for those users who have Windows 10 Pro as the version of the operating system. Therefore, not all users will be able to use this system to deactivate said history.
To access group policies, you have to type a command in the search bar of the start menu. This command is: gpedit.msc, so you must write it and then you will get the possibility of access those group policies in the operating system. Inside we find a folder called "OS Policies".
To get to this folder you had to follow the path: Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System. Once inside the OS Policies folder, you have to look at the right side of the interface. There, you have to double click on the option allow posting of user activities. When you do this, a new window opens in which it is possible to deactivate this option. When you do this, you have to give it to save and you can exit now.
Then you have to restart the computer. In this way, the changes that have been introduced will be effective on your computer.