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30 March 2018  John Weaver  Senior Program Developer
 

Summary
In the upcoming Spring Creator Update, Timeline is one of the new functions that are worth concerning. And users activities be managed by more effective methods. That is, Windows will collect user’s activity history so that it can be used in the future. However, some users who care privacy security would not like to activate this function. Here are two ways on how to disable it in system.



In the upcoming Spring Creator Update, Timeline is one of the new functions that are worth concerning. And activities in the past can be managed by more effective methods. Timeline will collect user’s activities such as loaded page, opened applications, edited files and recover any of them by clicking them.
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This means that Windows will collect users’ activaties for further use. owever, some users who care the privacy security would not like to enable this function. Here are two ways on how to disable it in system.

Method 1 – Use Settings

Timeline has been combined in Settings, but it does not directly present like other settings. In Windows 10 RedStone 4, users can disable Timeline through the following path: Settings > Privacy > Windows permissions > Activity history > Disable “Let Windows collect my activities from this PC”

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Timeline is still not mentioned in setting. It’s suggested that Activity history should be searched to find it.

Method 2 – Use Registry

The second method is to use registry editor. It is recommended to backup before modifying the registry because system stability and performance could be influenced if adjustment failed.

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Use Win+R to access command line and then get into registry by entering regedit.If UAC pops out, just select YES to go on. And visit the following path in registry editor: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System It’s necessary to create a new registry key. The procedure as below : Create> DWORD (32-bit) ValueValue by right-click registry panel . Then please make value named to be EnableActivityFeed and type in a key value 0 finally select OK. If this key value has already existed in system, just change the key value from 1 to 0.   Tips:
  1. 1. It’s advisable to restart your PC when the above procedure is finished.
  2. f you are having trouble in registry operation, it’s suggested to download the following scripts. Then you just need to double-click them and Timeline will be enabled or disabled.
If you want to get further protection to your data in computer, it is recommend you to use the professional Windows files lock tool – Renee File Protector It takes simple steps to lock files or folders on the device, such as PC, USB, SD card, external hard disk and so on. And there is no need to worry about privacy leakage even you share your PC or unexpected incident happened like computer get stolen.