To disable Recall on Windows 11, use these steps:

1. Open Settings on Windows 11.
2. Click on Privacy & security.
3. Click the Recall & snapshots page.
4. 
5. Turn off the “Save snapshots” toggle switch.
6. 
7. (Optional) Click the Delete snapshots setting.
8. Click the Delete all button for the “Delete all snapshots” setting.

Once you complete the steps, the Recall feature will be disabled, and stop taking snapshots of every activity. If you only want to turn the feature off temporarily, click the “Recall” button in the Taskbar and click Click the “Pause until tomorrow” button.

After you complete the steps, the AI timeline will temporarily pause taking snapshots until you turn on the feature again.

Completely turn off Recall feature from Registry

If you have a device running Windows 11 Home, you won’t have access to the Group Policy Editor, but you can also disable Windows Recall through the Registry by modifying the “WindowsAI” key.

To disable Windows Recall through the Registry, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for regedit and click the top result to open the Registry Editor.
3. Browse to the following path:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsAI

4. Right-click the WindowsAI key, select the New menu, and choose the “DWORD (32-bit) Value” option.
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6. Name the key AllowRecallEnablement and press Enter.
7. Double-click the newly created key and make sure the value is 0.
8. Click the OK button.
9. Restart the computer.

Completely turn off Recall feature from Group Policy

If you have a device running Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education, you can disable the Recall feature from the Group Policy Editor. This option isn’t available on Windows 11 Home.

To disable Recall through Group Policy, use these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for gpedit and click the top result to open the Group Policy Editor.
3. Browse the following path:

   Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows AI

4. Right-click the “Allow Recall to be enabled” policy and choose the Edit option.
5. Check the Disabled option.
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7. Click the Apply button.
8. Click the OK button.

Once you complete the steps, the Recall feature should no longer run on your computer, and the components will be removed from it. If the feature was previously configured, changing the policy state will also delete the snapshots already stored on the computer. You will also need to restart the computer to complete the process.