{"id":87,"date":"2024-12-02T21:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T21:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:45:36","slug":"ads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Ads in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-896c487d-cc5e-47f2-91e6-453cebd4fba2\">Clearly the reason Microsoft is phasing out Windows 10 support, is that they see Windows 11 as an ad platform. Starting with small text-based ads on the lock screen, Microsoft has expanded to a number of dynamic ads on Start Bar and other location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately there are corporate clients that will not allow advertising, so Microsoft has mechanisms to turn them off.   CL Debloat makes this easy, but just checking a few boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CLDebloat_adsyMAyG28uF0.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CLDebloat_adsyMAyG28uF0.png 720w, https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/CLDebloat_adsyMAyG28uF0-300x250.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d7e84678-5e52-4a85-9693-343e92e02079\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-telemetry-tracking\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"396\">Disable Telemetry Tracking<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-e2079eab-a93f-4eb7-9f69-ba7acd71cc3f\">Disables the Telemetry Tracking in Windows. Microsoft hoovers up your activity in Windows so they can feed you more ads. If you like your privacy and do not want overseas contractors watching your browser and video habits, you should check this box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7bd6e092-626e-42a7-bac3-1f0353296b4c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-personalized-ads\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"398\">Disable Personalized Ads<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7f9bd2ac-4675-49ed-8006-980eccfb2b91\">Removes Ads based on Browsing History and Search History. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7bd6e092-626e-42a7-bac3-1f0353296b4c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-suggested-content-in-settings-app\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"400\">Disable Suggested Content in App Settings<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7f9bd2ac-4675-49ed-8006-980eccfb2b91\">Removes Suggested Apps and Ads in the Windows App Settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-c59a2a2f-b7cb-48de-8021-d0a4a988bfd6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-ads-in-file-explorer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"402\">Disable Ads in File Explorer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0fbd9cb4-c8e2-4029-8420-ba5fadcd3b4c\">Removes Ads from the Windows File Explorer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7bd6e092-626e-42a7-bac3-1f0353296b4c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-tips-and-suggestions\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"404\">Disable Tips and Suggestions<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7f9bd2ac-4675-49ed-8006-980eccfb2b91\">Disables the Windows Tool Tips and Suggestion Popups from various locations in Windows 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7bd6e092-626e-42a7-bac3-1f0353296b4c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-ads-from-diagnostic-data\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"406\">Disable Ads from Diagnostic Data<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7f9bd2ac-4675-49ed-8006-980eccfb2b91\">Removes Ads based on Diagnostic data collected by Windows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-7bd6e092-626e-42a7-bac3-1f0353296b4c\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-ads-in-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"408\">Disable Ads in Search<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-7f9bd2ac-4675-49ed-8006-980eccfb2b91\">Removes Ads from the Windows Search tool. Declutters your search results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-d7e84678-5e52-4a85-9693-343e92e02079\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-bing-results-in-search\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"410\">Disable Bing Results in Search<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\">Disables Bing Search Results in the Windows Start menu. Declutters your start menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-lock-screen-ads\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"412\">Disable Lock Screen Ads<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\">Disables Ads from the Windows Lock Screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-taskbar-widgets\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"414\">Disable Taskbar Widgets<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\">Disables widgets from the Windows Task bar. Declutter your taskbar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-welcome-experience\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"416\">Disable Welcome Experience<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\">Disables the Windows Welcome menus on a new PC or a clean install of Windows 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/disable-finish-setting-up-windows\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"418\">Disable Finish Setting Up Windows<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-eadfe5ee-1b93-469b-908e-7872cb69b2ff\">Disables the &#8220;Finish Setting Up Windows&#8221; prompts which prompt you to enable Telemetry and Tracking settings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clearly the reason Microsoft is phasing out Windows 10 support, is that they see Windows 11 as an ad platform. Starting with small text-based ads on the lock screen, Microsoft has expanded to a number of dynamic ads on Start Bar and other location. Fortunately there are corporate clients that will not allow advertising, so &#8230; <a title=\"Removing Ads in Windows 11\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/ads\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Removing Ads in Windows 11\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421,"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldebloat.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}