Windows 11

Windows 11 can reopen the apps you had running before a restart, such as browser windows, documents and media players. It does this by saving the state of those apps…

Automatic Speech Recognition data in Windows 11 and Windows 10 includes voice recordings and text dictionaries that the operating system saves to learn your voice commands and improve dictation accuracy.…

Turning off the global screenshots and screen recording app permission in Windows 11 stops apps from capturing your display. This is a privacy setting. It covers both single-frame screenshots and…

App access to contact lists in Windows 11 is controlled by the built-in privacy permissions. When a program asks for your address book, Windows checks the permission. If you have…

Text and image generation privacy permissions in Windows 11 control whether apps can send data from your screen and workflow to cloud-based artificial intelligence features. These built-in generative tools create…

Recommendations and offers in Windows 11 track your apps, hardware, and browsing history to show you tips and promotions in the Start menu and Settings. Telemetry (data sent to Microsoft…

Location tracking in Windows 11 privacy settings gathers data from nearby Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth beacons, IP addresses, and cellular hardware to work out where your device is. Turning off the…

Live Captions in Windows 11 turns the audio on your PC into on-screen text, and it uses language models that run locally on the device. Basic captions in a supported…

Persistent app window sizes in Windows 11 keep your open programs right where you left them when you unplug and plug back in an external monitor. Windows normally shuffles open…

Custom pointer color and size in Windows 11 Mouse Pointer Settings let you change the color and scale of your cursor so you can see it better on screen. Windows…

Custom text-to-speech voices in Windows 11 let you add languages and natural-sounding reading voices for tools like Narrator. Windows delivers them as language and speech packs, which contain the audio…

Clearing saved sign-in passkeys in Windows 11 removes outdated or unwanted credentials from your device, your browser, your password manager or a hardware key. A passkey is unlocked with Windows…

Filter Keys is an accessibility feature in Windows 11 that tells your keyboard to ignore brief or repeated keystrokes, so you can type without accidental errors. It changes how Windows…

Passkeys in Windows 11 replace passwords with a cryptographic key pair. The private key stays on your hardware. The public key is registered with the online service. When you sign…

Optional features in Windows 11 are extra components such as legacy utilities, language-related tools and developer kits. They are kept out of the default install to save disk space. If…