Windows 11 Activity History

~OSD~ 2,196

Hi,

I wonder if it's possible to turn off the activity history for the CURRENT user only (not the machine wide).

For example, following registry keys turn off the activity history but then the currently logged in user can't enable it as these keys performed the change machine wide.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]

"PublishUserActivities"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System]

"PublishUserActivities"=dword:00000000

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S.Sengupta 19,261 Reputation points MVP

2024-08-04T06:13:21.51+00:00
In Start Search type gpedit.msc

Navigate to: User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > OS Policies

Find the policy "Turn off the activity feed"

Set it to "Enabled"
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~OSD~ 2,196 Reputation points

2024-08-04T06:39:29.0466667+00:00

Any possibility with registry key?

The GP setting even do not exists.

S.Sengupta 19,261 Reputation points MVP

2024-08-05T00:49:23.8+00:00

In Start Search type Regedit and press the Enter button.

Navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Privacy

Look for the key "PublishUserActivities" (create it if it doesn't exist):

Right-click on the right pane, select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it "PublishUserActivities".

Set the value to 0 to disable publishing user activities.

This will apply only to the current user.

~OSD~ 2,196 Reputation points

2024-08-05T11:12:34.79+00:00

I have tried that already, sadly, this registry has no affect. System has been restarted as well just to mitigate the
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XinGuo-MSFT 18,766 Reputation points

2024-08-06T07:45:21.0766667+00:00
Hi,

You can turn off the activity history for the current user only without affecting the entire machine. Here’s how you can do it through the Settings app:

Open Settings: Press Win + I to open the Settings app.

Navigate to Privacy & security: Click on “Privacy & security” on the left side.

Go to Activity history: Click on “Activity history” on the right side.

Turn off activity history: Toggle off the option "Store my activity history on this device".

This will disable the activity history for the current user only. If you want to clear the existing activity history, you can also click the “Clear” button under the same section.
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~OSD~ 2,196 Reputation points

2024-08-06T08:37:29.17+00:00

I have asked for the registry key, via Win UI is straight forward.
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