Turn off all Windows spotlight features: registry value DisableWindowsSpotlightFeaturesUserHKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent

Policy ID: DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows 10
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Cloud Content

Registry

DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent Current key

Enabled value: 1
Disabled value: 0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]

; Options (use only one)
; Enabled
"DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures"=dword:00000001
; Disabled
"DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures"=dword:00000000

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Enabled
reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Disabled
reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent" /v "DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Enabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent' -Name 'DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Disabled
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent' -Name 'DisableWindowsSpotlightFeatures' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null