Windows collects and uses a lot of your private information to provide you with some of its cool default features. While these features have proven to be of great utility, concerns about data privacy and security have also been rising recently. If you are someone who hates being watched over and would rather trade-off those features for your data privacy, this article will take you through a series of steps and methods that you can follow to prevent Windows from accessing your personal data by disabling some or all features that you can survive without.
Windows 10 හි දත්ත එකතු කිරීම අක්රීය කරන්න (ඔබගේ පෞද්ගලිකත්වය ආරක්ෂා කරන්න)
යම් දෙයක් වැරදී ගියහොත් ප්රතිසාධන ලක්ෂ්යයක් සෑදීමට වග බලා ගන්න.
Method – 1: Turn Off Location Tracking
So most of us know about this piece of private information which is out in the open. Windows gathers your location-related information to provide you with information that can be useful to you like your nearby places, weather forecasts, etc. But all of this at the cost of Windows knowing everywhere you go might not be very favourable. To Disable Data Collection in Windows 10, you need to turn off location tracking,
1. මත ක්ලික් කරන්න ආරම්භක බොත්තම ඔබගේ කාර්ය තීරුවේ.
2. මත ක්ලික් කරන්න ගියර් නිරූපකය above it to open සැකසුම්.
3. දැන්, 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නපුද්ගලිකත්වය'තෝරා' තෝරන්නස්ථානය' වම් කවුළුවෙන්.
4. කිරීමට turn off location tracking for your account, ටොගල් ඔෆ් එම 'apps access to your location.'
5. නම් you have multiple accounts on the same device, you can turn off location tracking for all of them by clicking on ‘වෙනස්'.
While doing this will disable location tracking in the future, your past location records can still be accessed by Windows. To clear your location records, click on ‘පැහැදිලිව' යටතේ 'ස්ථාන ඉතිහාසය’ section on the same page.
In case you want some particular apps to be able to access your location,
1. Keep your ‘ස්ථාන සේවාව' මත.
2. Scroll down to ‘ඔබේ නිශ්චිත ස්ථානය භාවිතා කළ හැකි යෙදුම් තෝරන්න' හා turn on/off the switch for apps as you require.
3. Hence, you will able to allow location access to only the apps of your choice.
ක්රමය - 2: Turn Off Personalized Advertisements
Have you ever noticed that the ads you see are related to that one particular item you were searching on the web for? Of course! Windows provides you with tailored advertisements by spying on your cookies and gathering your web browsing information. To prevent this sensitive information from being accessed by Windows,
1. Settings විවෘත කිරීමට Windows Key + I ඔබා ඉන්පසු ක්ලික් කරන්න පුද්ගලිකත්වය අයිකනය.
2. Now make sure to select ‘ජනරාල්’ from the left window pane.
3. Here, it would help if you switched ලකුණු 'Let apps use my advertising ID for experience across apps (turning this off will reset your ID)'.
4. Note that this doesn’t stop ads from appearing. You will still see ads, but they will only be general and not personalized.
Further, to prevent Microsoft from being able to access or use this information in any way,
- ඔබගේ වෙබ් බ්රවුසරයේ, යන්න microsoft.com/en-us/opt-out.
- ඔබගේ Microsoft ගිණුමට ලොග් වන්න ඔබට අවශ්ය නම්.
- දැන්, වසා දමන්න “Personalized ads wherever I use my Microsoft account” and “Personalized ads in this browser.”
ක්රමය - 3: Prevent Cortana From Using Information or Disable Cortana Completely
Cortana is Microsoft’s virtual assistant created for Windows 10. Cortana is designed to provide answers to the users, using the Bing search engine and can perform basic tasks like recognizing natural voice to set reminders, manage calendars, fetch weather or news updates, search for files and documents, etc. For this, Cortana uses your personal information like your voice, writing, location, contacts, calendars, etc. that you may not want to share with it. Now to Disable Data Collection in Windows 10,, you need to prevent Cortana from using your personal information,
1. In the search field located on your taskbar, search for ‘Cortana Permission’ and open it.
2. වෙත මාරු වන්නඅවසර’ settings from the left pane.
3. “මත ක්ලික් කරන්නManage the information Cortana can access from this device".
4. දැන් වසා දමන්න 'ස්ථානය','Contacts, email, calendar & communication history' සහ 'ඉතිහාසය ගවේෂණය කිරීම’. Note that by disabling the permissions, Cortana will not be able to do things that require it to have these permissions.
To further stop Cortana from collecting your personal information,
1. යන්න 'සැකසුම්’ on your computer and click on ‘පුද්ගලිකත්වය'.
2. 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නSpeech, inking & typing' වම් කවුළුවෙන්.
3. දැන්, 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නTurn off speech services and typing suggestions’ to stop Cortana from getting to know you.
4. මෙම කැමැත්ත delete collected data stored on your PC, and it also turns off dictation functionality.
To further erase any data that Cortana may have gathered about you,
1. Press Windows Key + I to open Settings then click on ‘කෝටානා'.
2. Open ‘අවසර සහ ඉතිහාසය' වම් කවුළුවෙන්.
3. Scroll down to ‘History’ and ක්ලික් කරන්න මත 'Clear my device history'.
Further, login to your Microsoft account on your web browser and move on to Cortana’s notebook section on the privacy dashboard. Disable the content that you want to from the list provided.
'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නClear Cortana data’ on the right side of the page to delete all information that Cortana has about you.
If you don’t like Cortana or don’t want to use it because of privacy reasons, you can permanently disable Cortana on Windows 10.
ක්රමය - 4: වයිෆයි සෙන්ස් අක්රීය කරන්න
With Wi-Fi Sense, users can optionally have their device automatically connect to suggested open hotspots, and share their home network’s password with contacts (on Skype, Facebook, etc.) so they may automatically connect to the network on a Windows 10 device without needing to enter its password manually. To turn off Wi-Fi Sense,
1. Settings විවෘත කිරීමට Windows Key + I ඔබා ඉන්පසු ක්ලික් කරන්න ජාලය සහ අන්තර්ජාලය.
2. දැන් ක්ලික් කරන්න Wifi වම් කවුළු කවුළුවෙන් සහ වග බලා ගන්න Wi-Fi Sense යටතේ සියල්ල අක්රිය කරන්න.
3. Also, make sure to disable හොට්ස්පොට් 2.0 ජාල සහ ගෙවූ Wi-Fi සේවා.
Method – 5: Stop Sharing System Files
Windows 10 shares your system files and updates with other users and from other users to you. So it would help if you stopped sharing system files to Disable Data Collection in Windows 10 to protect your privacy:
1. යන්න සැකසුම් 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්න'යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම සහ ආරක්ෂාව'.
2. 'තෝරන්න'වින්ඩෝස් යාවත්කාලීන කිරීම’ from the left pane and click on ‘ඉහල විකල්ප'.
3. 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නබෙදා හැරීමේ ප්රශස්තකරණය'.
By default, ‘Allow download from other PCs’ is ON. You can turn it off entirely, or decide to choose between ‘මගේ දේශීය ජාලයේ පළාත් සභා' හෝ 'PCs on my local network and PCs on the Internet'.
Method – 6: Disable OneDrive
To stop Windows from storing any of your data on Microsoft’s OneDrive,
1. In the notification area of your taskbar, දකුණු-ක්ලික් කරන්න on OneDrive icon and select ‘සැකසුම්'.
2. Deselect all three of the following options: ‘මම Windows වෙත පුරන විට OneDrive ස්වයංක්රීයව ආරම්භ කරන්න','මෙම පරිගණකයේ මගේ ඕනෑම ලිපිගොනු ලබා ගැනීමට OneDrive භාවිතා කිරීමට මට ඉඩ දෙන්න' සහ 'Use Office work on files with other people at the same time'.
Method – 7: Turn Off Microsoft Edge
Microsoft’s web browser, Edge, might also be sending your data to Microsoft for its features and predictions. To prevent it from sharing your data,
1. Open Edge then clicks on the තිත් තිත මෙනුව on the top right corner of the window and select ‘සැකසුම්'.
2. 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නඋසස් සැකසුම් බලන්න'.
3. තුළ 'පුද්ගලිකත්වය සහ සේවා’ section, turn off everything you want to like save passwords, Cortana assist, search suggestions, search history, etc.
You can also completely Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 10 if you use Google Chrome or some other browser.
Method – 8: Turn Off Windows SmartScreen
SmartScreen is a වලාකුළු මත පදනම් වූ ප්රති-තතුබෑම් සහ අනිෂ්ට අනිෂ්ට මෘදුකාංග component that helps protect users against attacks. To provide this feature, Microsoft collects information about your downloaded and installed programs. While this is a recommended feature, but to disable data collection in Windows 10 you need to turn off Windows SmartScreen filter:
1. In the search field located on your taskbar, type ‘පාලන පුවරුව’ and open it with the given shortcut.
2. 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නපද්ධතිය සහ ආරක්ෂාව’ and then click on ‘ආරක්ෂාව සහ නඩත්තු කිරීම'.
3. 'තෝරන්න'Change Windows SmartScreen settings’ from the left pane.
4. 'තෝරන්න'Don’t do anything’ option and click on OK to confirm.
Method – 9: Disable Sync From Settings
To prevent sharing your data to Microsoft for syncing purposes,
1. විවෘත සැකසුම් මත ක්ලික් කිරීමෙන් ගියර් අයිකනය ආරම්භක මෙනුව.
2. 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නගිණුම්’ from the Settings window.
3. 'තෝරන්න'ඔබගේ සැකසුම් සමමුහුර්ත කරන්න' වම් කවුළුවෙන්.
4. Turn ‘සැකසුම් සමමුහුර්ත කරන්න' slider off.
There is another SmartScreen filter for Windows Store apps. To turn it off,
- Press Windows Key + I to open සැකසුමs then click on ‘පුද්ගලිකත්වය'.
- තෝරන්න 'General’ වම් කවුළුව සිට.
- දැන් වසා දමන්න එම 'Turn on SmartScreen Filter to check web content (URLs) that Windows Store apps use‘ switch.
Method – 10: Manage Diagnostic Data
Microsoft uses diagnostic data to keep Windows secure and up to date, troubleshoot problems, and make product improvements. This data is transmitted to Microsoft and stored with unique identifiers that help them recognize an individual user on an individual device and understand its service issues and use patterns. While you can’t entirely stop it from gathering diagnostic data, these are the two options that Microsoft provides:
- මූලික: This is information about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it performs properly.
- සම්පූර්ණ: This includes all data collected with Basic, along with information about the websites you browse, how you use apps and features, plus additional information about device health, device activity (sometimes referred to as usage), and enhanced error reporting, including others.
To set these settings,
1. Settings විවෘත කිරීමට Windows Key + I ඔබා ඉන්පසු ක්ලික් කරන්න 'පුද්ගලිකත්වය'.
2. තෝරන්න 'Diagnostics and feedback’ from the left pane and select your desired option.
If you need to know more about these settings then you can read one of our previous posts: Change Diagnostic and Usage Data Settings in Windows 10
Method – 11: Use a Local Account Instead of Microsoft Account
Not just Windows, your personal information is used by Microsoft too. Microsoft uses your account settings and some other information to sync your data and settings over all of your devices. If you do not want Microsoft to use your information, you can stop using your Microsoft account and use a local account instead and this way you can completely disable data collection in Windows 10. For this,
1. මත ක්ලික් කරන්න ආරම්භක බොත්තම ඔබගේ කාර්ය තීරුවේ.
2. ඊළඟට, ක්ලික් කරන්න ගියර් නිරූපකය above it to open සැකසුම්.
3. 'මත ක්ලික් කරන්නගිණුම්'තෝරා' තෝරන්නඔබේ තොරතුරු' වම් කවුළුවෙන්.
4. 'තෝරන්න'ඒ වෙනුවට දේශීය ගිණුමක් සමඟ පුරනය වන්න’ and follow the instructions.
These were the steps you can take to prevent Windows from invading your privacy and gathering your personal data.
නිර්දේශ:
I hope this article was helpful. Now you can easily Disable Data Collection in Windows 10 to Protect Your Privacy, නමුත් ඔබට තවමත් මෙම නිබන්ධනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසියම් ප්රශ්නයක් ඇත්නම්, කරුණාකර අදහස් දැක්වීමේ කොටසේ ඔවුන්ගෙන් විමසීමට නිදහස් වන්න.