How to Improve Recall Snapshots Filtering on Windows 11

What Is Recall & Snapshots?

Windows 11 Recall and Snapshots is a new AI feature that takes pictures of your screen to help you remember what you’ve seen, acting like a personal memory assistant for your computer.

What Can You Do with Recall?

• Pause the snapshots anytime (learn how here).
• Choose which apps or websites you want to exclude from being saved (apps) and (websites).
• Delete all snapshots whenever you want (steps here).

With Windows 11 Recall, you can easily pause snapshot saving when you need privacy, choose which apps or websites to skip, and delete all your saved snapshots whenever you like.

What Does “Help Improve Recall Snapshots Filtering” Mean?

How to Turn On or Off “Help Improve Recall Snapshots Filtering”

You can turn the ‘Help improve Recall snapshots filtering’ option on or off in Windows 11 Settings by going to Privacy & security, then Recall & snapshots, which helps Microsoft improve the feature.

1. Open the ⚙️ Windows Settings app. Tip: You can click the ⊞ Start menu and choose Settings, or just press Windows key + I on your keyboard.
2. In Settings, click Privacy & security on the left menu.
3. On the right, find and click the Recall & snapshots option.
4. Turn on the Save snapshots feature if it’s not already on.
5. Click the Help improve Recall snapshots filtering option to open it.
6. Toggle the switch to On to enable sharing or Off to disable it .

When done, just close the Settings app.

Extra: How to Turn This Feature On or Off Using the Windows Registry

Advanced users can control the ‘Help improve Recall snapshots filtering’ setting in Windows 11 using the Registry Editor, which involves navigating to a specific folder and creating a new DWORD value.

1. [Admin] Open the Registry Editor (search for “regedit” in the ⊞ Start menu).
2. Go to this folder path: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\A9SnapshotCapture
3. 🖱️ Right-click on SnapshotCapture, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
4. Name the new DWORD IsFilteringTelemetryEnabled.
5. Double-click this DWORD and set its value to:

   • 1 to turn ON the feature.
   • 0 to turn OFF the feature.

Be careful when using the Registry Editor, and make sure to back up your registry before making changes.

Summary

• Turning on or off the “Help improve Recall snapshots filtering” option is easy from the ⚙️ Windows Settings.
• You can help Microsoft improve Recall by sharing your excluded apps and sites anonymously.
• Your data stays private and safe because snapshots are encrypted and only stored on your device.
• Check your settings regularly to control your snapshot preferences.
• Use the links in this guide if you want more detailed help.

Reference

Learn more from Microsoft Support.