Cortana was the first virtual assistant to arrive on a desktop operating system, as Siri has been available on iOS for several years, Google Now on Android devices, and Cortana was only available on Windows Phone when it launched. Many users still question the true usefulness of an assistant , regardless of the platform, beyond simply enabling or disabling a connection or asking for the weather forecast.
For all those users who, despite having the Cortana virtual assistant available with a click of the mouse or via voice commands, want to get rid of it because they haven't found it truly useful or have always known it wasn't for them, we've outlined the process for disabling this assistant in previous articles . Today, we'll show you how to hide it permanently, freeing up space to pin more applications to the taskbar or simply to space out the existing ones.
The process to eliminate that annoying space that Cortana occupies will only take us a few seconds , since unlike other customizations, we don't have to enter the Control Panel at any time to modify any visual element.
Remove Cortana box from taskbar in Windows 10
- We go to the taskbar and click on the right button.
- In the drop-down menu we go to Cortana.
- Within the drop-down menu that will appear when clicking on Cortana, we select Hidden, so that from this moment the taskbar disappears.