How to Disable Live Tiles in Windows 10 Start Menu
Live tiles in Windows 10 Start Menu display information at a glance without opening the app. Also, Live tiles show live previews of application content and show notifications to the users. Now, many users don’t want these Live tiles in their Start Menu as they consume a lot of data to update the previews. Now Windows 10 have an option to disable particular applications Live tiles, and you just have to right-click on a tile and select “Turn live tile off” option.
But if you want to disable the Live tile preview for all the applications completely, then there are no such settings in Windows 10. But there is a registry hack through which this can be easily achieved. So without wasting any time let’s see How to Disable Live Tiles in Windows 10 Start Menu with the help of the below-listed guide.
Make sure to create a restore point, just in case something goes wrong.
Although this will only work for a particular application, this method is sometimes useful if you want to disable the Live tiles for a particular app.
1. Click on Start or press Windows Key on the keyboard.
2. Right-click on the particular app, then selects “Unpin from Start.”
3. This will successfully remove the particular tile from the Start Menu.
Method 2: Turn Off Live Tiles
1. Click on Start or press Windows Key on the keyboard.
2. Right-click on the particular app then chooses More.
3. From the Choose menu, click on “Turn Live Tile Off“.
4. This will disable Live tiles in Windows 10 Start Menu for a particular app.
Method 3: Disable Live Tiles using Group Policy Editor
1. Press Windows Key + R then type gpedit.msc and hit Enter.
2. Now, under Group Policy Editor, navigate to the following path:
User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar -> Notifications
3. Make sure to select Notifications then from right window pane double-click on “Turn off tile notifications.”
4. Make sure to set it to Enabled then click Apply followed by OK.
5. This will disable live tiles feature for all apps on Start Screen.
Method 4: Disable Live Tiles using Registry Editor
1. Press Windows Key + R then type regedit and hit Enter.
2. Now navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion
3. Right-click on CurrentVersion then select New > Key and then name this key as PushNotifications.
4. Now right-click on PushNotifications key and select New > DWORD (32-bit) value.
5. Name this new DWORD as NoTileApplicationNotification and then double-click on it.
6. Change the value of this DWORD to 1 and click OK.
7. Close Registry Editor and reboot your PC to save changes.
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