I no longer feel like the OS is constantly trying to pull my attention to different content and services.

In 2016, Microsoft made a decision everyone had been dreading – serving ads directly to your Windows 10 operating system. At first, it was only a lockscreen advertisement for "Rise of the Tomb Raider" ...

Here's how to shrink the giant Windows 11 Start menu and hide unwanted sections using the August 2026 optional update and ViVeTool commands.

Microsoft is finally streamlining the Windows 11 right-click menu with the upcoming 26H2 update in October. However, some ...

To remove the Recommended and All sections from the Windows 11 Start Menu, first disable Recommended items in Settings under Personalization > Start by turning off all recommendation toggles. To ...

Windows 11 is adding enhanced per-app privacy controls for desktop programs accessing your microphone, camera, and location ...

You'll be able to tweak the right-click context menus in Windows to remove items you don't want, thereby decreasing the clutter.

In the upper area, you can define the general layout and control how many icons should appear in the Start menu. In the Start menu settings, you can use sliders to specify what Windows 11 should and ...

Microsoft's latest attempts to push Windows forward have received some blowback. Will its incessant AI and cluttered UI ...