How do I disable the Cortana shortcut key?

Question

I am on a Lenovo laptop. When I click Ctrl + Fn, it automatically pulls up the Cortana screen. This is very annoying because I need to use this all the time for Excel, which means I can't use a lot of Excel shortcuts.

The problem is that there is no way to disable or uninstall Cortana (it is bloatware). And, when I open Cortana, it says, "Cortana in Windows as a standalone app is deprecated." So there is no way to actually disable it from inside Cortana.

Please help. I may have to return my computer if this can't be solved because it is basically unusable in Excel.

Answer 1

Hi，

To remove Cortana, please open PowerShell as administrator and run

Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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