Cortana is always running on Windows 10 – here's how to turn it off

If you don't need Microsoft's Cortana assistant, then it's worth taking a minute to tell it to stop turning on automatically when your computer starts up. —Matthias Balk/dpa

Whether you want it or not, Microsoft's assistant is always running in the background in Windows 10.

If you don't need Cortana or have never used it, then it's worth taking a minute to tell it to stop turning on automatically when Windows starts up.