Microsoft is bringing app promotions to the Windows 11 Start Menu. The feature arrives alongside the currently optional KB5036980 update. Here's how to easily disable the option from the Settings app.

or use the Start menu search bar to open the settings panel. Then, select the option to toggle off Show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more. This will turn off any extra ...

Few have uninstalled the operating system in protest. But you don’t have to do that. Instead, you can disable the ads from the Windows 11 Start Menu. Fortunately, there is a setting in the ...

From Netflix to Amazon Prime, more and more online services are now beginning to fill up with pesky promotions. But now Windows users won't even be able to open their internet browser before ...

Microsoft's KB5036980 update for Windows 11 introduces ads in the start menu, allowing users to receive 'Recommendations' from curated developers. It offers the option to disable these ads and ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. If you own a Windows 11 computer, you are about to start seeing ads for apps that you ...

If you own a Windows 11 computer, you are about to start seeing ads for apps that you haven't downloaded in the Start menu. Thankfully, there's an easy way to disable them. This week, Microsoft ...

If you have already updated your Windows 11 version to KB5036980, chances are you have already seen an ad or two in your Start Menu. So, if you don’t want ads lingering there, keep reading. This guide ...

here’s how to disable it in under a minute. 1. Open the Start Menu and search and launch the ‘Settings’ app. 2. Click on ‘Personalization’ and tap on ‘Start’ from the left pane. 3, Turn off the ‘Show ...

An ad campaign for Start11's discount focuses on the fact that the application allows you to remove ads from your Start menu. Windows 11 already has several ads within it, but Microsoft plans to ...

For the most part, users either turn these ads off or have tuned them out. Windows 10 also had advertising directly in its Start menu, so this is something Microsoft has done before. It was done ...

then move over to the right-hand side menu and double-click on Turn off Windows Startup sound. Note: This method, just as the one above, will only work as long as you are using a Windows 11 edition ...