Windows 11 Settings You Should Change NOW!

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Navigate through Windows 11 like a pro with our guide on essential settings to tweak for a smoother, more private, and clutter-free experience. Learn which default settings you might want to change immediately to enhance both privacy and usability in Windows 11.
🖥️ What You'll Learn:
▪️ Clear the Clutter: Simplify your Start menu and jump list by turning off certain options in the Personalization settings.
▪️ Stop Annoying Notifications: Disable Windows tips and suggestions to avoid unnecessary distractions.
▪️ Block Ads: Learn how to remove promoted apps and suggested content across various parts of Windows 11.
▪️ Enhance Privacy: Adjust settings in the Privacy and Security section to control what data you share with Windows.
▪️ Control App Permissions: Fine-tune which apps have access to your location, camera, microphone, and more for added security.
▪️ Safe App Installation: Set preferences for app installations to protect your PC from unwanted or unsafe applications.
▪️ Manage Startup Apps: Optimize your system's boot time by managing startup programs effectively.
▪️ Switch to a Local Account: If you prefer more privacy, learn how to switch from a Microsoft account to a local account.
00:00 Change These Windows 11 Settings Right Away
00:26 Recommended Items
01:13 Notifications and Ads
01:52 Privacy
02:53 App Permissions
03:49 Block Apps
04:24 Startup Apps
05:06 Sign In With Local Account
06:00 Wrap Up
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@LeilaGharani 10 ай бұрын

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@hassangammudi3212 8 ай бұрын

If I signed in with local account will my win11 login or I have to create password

@BerserkPublishing 3 ай бұрын

@@hassangammudi3212 You can use a blank password. Personally, I create a password and then create a 4 character pin via Windows Hello. Pins are terrific as it can be simple, but also very powerful. For instance, in the newest Chrome, if you use Chrome, you can encrypt your saved passwords and use the Windows Hello Pin to access your encrypted passwords. Most people don't realize zero passwords can leave you vulnerable should a hacker get remote access via a link or a compromised website. Using Windows Hello with a password and pin can help you lock down vital areas of your system so that even if someone gets access to your desktop, they still can't get to your most critical data.

@henriktiren2674 23 күн бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍Thanks! But as parental control I use time boss app.

@JCRoberts Жыл бұрын

I'm in Desktop support myself and always looking for something I overlooked or forgot. I just wanted to say I believe you did an incredible job on this. Thank you for putting it out there.

@archangelmusic13 9 күн бұрын

instead of doing all this just use classic shell and it will make your windows 11 look like windoes xp or windows 7.

@kevinlancelotta6046 2 жыл бұрын

Seemingly simple fixes but incredibly useful. Most of these changes helped eliminated the small nuisances I have lived with on my Windows 10 and 11 machines for the last 5+ years. The fact that this was just ~6 minutes long made it easy to engage in this video and get a ton of helpful information in a short amount of time. Just subscribed to this channel. Thanks Leila!

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to have you aboard, Kevin!

@lutherthompson8547 10 ай бұрын

@@LeilaGharani could you tell me how to get my hp laptop screen moved back to the left on windows 11,, as a 64 year old I'm illiterate on this stuff lol

@tomgarrett3480 8 ай бұрын

By the way, Microsoft Family Safety does not work with a local account, so you should use other parental control apps for your kids (K9, Time Boss, Net Nanny...)

@HyperionTitanus 2 жыл бұрын

Very well made video, concise and short, all the info you need, without fluff. Much appreciated.

@rohansampat1995 Жыл бұрын

not well made lol

@juliaa7908 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Concise, clear and slow enough for newbies to understand what to do. Thank you a lot for the video!

@daverhoden445 2 жыл бұрын

This was surprisingly helpful. Usually these types of videos suggest things that are very obvious or things that would cause more problems than they solve. Your tips are clear, direct, and most of all, useful. Plus bonus points for not having a long boring intro but actually getting to the point.

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful, Dave!

@rohansampat1995 Жыл бұрын

bruh she suggested turning off the ability to install applications. How does that not cause more problems than it solves. If you need that feature on, get a chromebook.

@cyphi1 Жыл бұрын

why is it surprising? she makes amazingly detailed videos!!

@baba.mkhulu Жыл бұрын

@@rohansampat1995 nope...you misheard/misread that completely. go back & check. sigh...

@rohansampat1995 Жыл бұрын

@@baba.mkhulu I did, and the fact that she even brought up doing that is against what pcs stand for.

@lindagiovannazambanini6218 Жыл бұрын

This was such useful and WELL PRESENTED information! No excess verbiage - direct, simple, and to the point! I hate it when these self help presenters rattle on and on before getting to the point. You're an excellent teacher! If you're not a professor, you should be! Thank you!

@diagnosticgreenllc6180 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. This saved me a ton of time as I was trying to sort through all of these settings myself. You pointed out a number that I had missed. Thanks!

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@cenevspeed 2 жыл бұрын

Legendary video! I have 1 more tip other than all the useful ones you mentioned. Tip: Apps that were installed from the Microsoft Store run in the background unnecessarily. You can modify those apps by going into Settings > Apps > Choose The App > Modify > Turn off running in background. This has helped me a lot!!

@moonraker2114 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this too!

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@johnphilippatos 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, just like the good old msconfig. Thanks and Happy New Year.

@Aswin_S067 2 жыл бұрын

@@LeilaGharani you need to pin this comment

@patrickpomeroy2772 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@hunter111uk Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the best Windows 11 Tutorials I've seen, clearly demonstrated and spoken at a reasonable speed, rather than gabbled at 100 mph like many others, even we Silver Surfers can understand. Many Thanks! 👏👏

@thatsrich944 Жыл бұрын

You can also uninstall many of the bloatware apps that Microsoft either installed automatically or added links to install, to free up space, declutter your menus and improve overall performance a little bit. Right-clicking the icon should give an option to uninstall rather than tracking each folder down. There are also little tweaks that allow you to fix the annoying spaced out icons and to fix the right-click menu debacle introduced in Win 11. There are many guides on YT for these.

@judiperkins7136 8 ай бұрын

Very helpful. I don't generally subscribe to stuff, but I just got a new computer with windows 11 and there's all sorts of of annoying stuff very different from what I'm used to. Very easy to follow and provided me with good general familiarity of the settings, so very different from older computers. Windows has a lot of "improvements" that are most definitely NOT improvements - and some that are, but just require the learning and changing. Big brother is becoming increasingly invasive however, under the illusion of "this will help you."

@ZaHrius 2 жыл бұрын

Concise, clear and informative - Great video thank you!

@reefhugger100 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Instructions are perfectly clear, easy to follow and understand. There were so many more catagories to inspect than I had anticipated.

@WuteverCanada 2 жыл бұрын

Great Tips. I am very savvy with Windows. Came as far back as IBM Punch Cards & Olivetti Computers running MSDos at AT&T Canada in 1985, so I've had every Windows OS since the beginning. Now retired & back into the music biz working on my two Windows 11 Laptops doing digital music recordings here in my studio. Just wanted to say that I enjoyed your video and sending it all my friends. You've saved me much of what I wanted to mention to everyone. I'll say this Leila, "You're One Smart Computer Cookie". I'm now watching your other videos so that I can brush up on some apps I now need in my music biz. Thank you.

@abijahmaniaco 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, Leila! One of the most annoying things I'm grappling with is all of the save-to-OneDrive defaults. I want almost everything saved locally and I certainly don’t want OneDrive as my default save location every time that I do anything.

@myidisinhim559 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I bet there are many people who don't even know OneDrive is saving their stuff to the cloud.

@cyclerider18 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thank you so much setting up my new windows 11 computer.

@wayneedmondson1065 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leila. So many settings! Hard to know which ones to modify. Thanks for the advice. Thumbs up!!

@kirkaur 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Thank you. I went through them all with you. Thank you again.

@williamnienke1680 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestions , very informative, well put together. thank you for all you do!

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that, William!

@uxoriousNO 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the friendly but extremely professional style. Also you get right to it and do not waste anyone's time. Liked and Subscribed

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear, Colin. Glad to have you aboard!

@florencioiiiubas1044 Жыл бұрын

Excellent review!

@kirkdillon1733 2 жыл бұрын

I never followed so much advice from any source before. I had to pause dozens of times to make all of the GREAT suggestions. Thanx a lot

@Paulie8K 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. I just took the risk of daily driving Windows 11 so these tips helped. My laptop is still on 10 just in case but I may update that to 11 in a few months depending on how I like 11.

@hsh7677 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Leila!!

@stephensandor6503 2 жыл бұрын

This was so useful. I just purchased a new desktop and this was a great resource to set it up. I'm now searching for your windows 10 version for my laptop. Great content as always

@licknigabalz6120 2 жыл бұрын

I reccomend learning some shortcuts, for example Windows + i, opens settings. There are a lot of videos on these. Another reaaly good tip imo is to go to settings, accessibility , keyboard and enable ''use stamp key to take screenshots''. if u have any questions I'll answer asap

@hogne 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing us those settings and how to turn them off! I had already googled some of them, because they were SO annoying, but now I got even more turned off. I hate it when an OS or app is trying to "help" me. Once again: Thanks!

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@MarkoVukovic0 Жыл бұрын

Great tips, thank you for sharing!

@petek2832 2 жыл бұрын

Useful as always. Thank you!

@chh8860 2 жыл бұрын

Based upon an earlier video, I have not made the switch to W-11 ... leaving it to later in the year (maybe). Nonetheless, I enjoyed listening to Leila as to how she thinks about her settings ... very helpful ... and made me realize I need to be more knowledgeable about my own settings. I realize W-10 is on its way out the door, but a similar video for W-10 would be helpful too. But as always ... thank you ... thank you .... thank you ... always a wealth of information.

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the suggestion! I'll add it to our list.

@animax4047 2 жыл бұрын

You made the best decision ever, you definitely saved a lot of time that would be wasted fixing things that MS should already have fixed before releasing the Win 11. For instance my Taskbar keeps freezing even after trying all the available options to fix it. It just keeps coming back( a simple reboot fixes it but it's an extra reboot I don't want to do).

@ac9nh112 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Really helpful. Makes sense of everything that Microsoft thinks you want or want to do but actually don't! Just need to get Firefox on the system and I'm done!

@gregorysargent4122 Жыл бұрын

GREAT video! Thank you!

@douglasgillard1690 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting this out there lots of help

@cwjr1968 2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestions. Thank you. On a separate note, I’ve not been able to use power query in Excel (Microsoft 365) since upgrading to Windows 11. Microsoft customer service has advised to wait for the next available windows update. Have you had this difficulty? Suggestions? Thank you for what you do! You have proven to be a great resource for me.

@LeilaGharani 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that! No, I use it all the time on Win 11. Never had an issue since I upgraded.

@brucebradley5877 2 жыл бұрын

There is the number problem with Microsoft Costumer Service rather than supporting through actual addressing your issue, they often say "sorry you are experiencing this problem, we are aware of this problem and will be addressing it in future updates." Or they take the lazy way out and suggest recovery options to reinstall windows... Thank you Ms. Gharani for sharing your expertise.

@wellscoservices7066 2 жыл бұрын

@@brucebradley5877 That has certainly been my experience. Great products... horrible customer service!

@keznebula333 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this very helpful video! Please tell me how to "move" the toolbar so it is vertical on the left side of my horizontal screen? It is annoying and not logical to waste my important horizontal desktop space with the toolbar. It is important that I can access the toolbar, without it taking up prime desktop space.

@keithparker1346 5 ай бұрын

@@DutchXfanthis is progress in Microsoft eyes that users have LESS choice of where to put the taskbar...such backward thinking

@JasonGage Жыл бұрын

This was great! Thank you so much

@amberlawrence8906 Жыл бұрын

Great job, thank you for the information!!!

@Robert8455 2 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your tips and tricks. Looks like Win 10 is end of the road for me as I will be switching to Linux.

@simonschon9058 2 жыл бұрын

Good choice, Welcome!

@jonganzer7478 2 жыл бұрын

Clear, concise, useful, no wasted frames. (and, of course, nice to look at. :o) Thanks for putting this together, I made a host of changes as I watched.

@irwineinstein9537 2 жыл бұрын

So glad I came across your channel. This is great stuff!! Just got my new Windows 11 machine. Thank you Leila

@robertallen6710 Жыл бұрын

HUGE help...ty!

@alanrain8408 Жыл бұрын

Another useful video, well-presented and professional, without any of the condescending 'this is a cool thing to do' crap.

@henriktiren2674 Жыл бұрын

Yes, very helpful video! Thanks! But, if your child has local account in Windows 11 - internal parental control does not work... Why? Should I use others parental controls Time Boss, Net Nanny or others?

@Coolit2683 2 жыл бұрын

As a senior tech... I have to thank you for this video. It's just such perfect information, provided with such simplicity and clarity. Thanks.

@meyhemmolly 11 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! That's sure helps A LOT!

@jmg2183 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Excellent segment.

@rchin75 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, good suggestions. However, MS should have made all these options opt-in instead of opt-out. Well I will leave all that to the system admins at work and just use Linux at home. ;)

@xxwoman Жыл бұрын

For Personalization, that Personalization is no longer under Settings but I believe what works is right-clicking that area by the Power icon and it'll take you to those settings. Seems quite a bit has changed. (Was gifted a Win11 laptop today!)

@MsSparkles111 Жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thanks.

@skylark304 Жыл бұрын

Highly appreciated info!

@StevenKroeger 2 жыл бұрын

We should get rid of Winblows altogether

@fishmongerama 8 ай бұрын

I agree 100%

@philipnaughton329 8 ай бұрын

No one makes you install it

@keithparker1346 5 ай бұрын

@@philipnaughton329it's pretty much ubiquitous on PCs but doesn't mean it's the best option

@amahunter 2 жыл бұрын

im regreting the instalation of win11 every day win10 was perfect idont like win11 its not user friendly its just annoying

@HunTiXs 2 ай бұрын

Skill issue

@Dwaxxx 2 ай бұрын

I've seen a lot of people complain that Windows 11 feels too intuitive but Windows 11 being less user friendly than windows 10 is definitely something new I've seen, just learn how to use a computer MF..... If you think windows 11 is hard then you're going to have a tough time learning anything.

@CruisesMadeEasy 7 күн бұрын

@@Dwaxxx They can just virtual box Windows 10

@sonithkumar5832 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing this

@ericc5556 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, thank you!!!

@SuperKawaiiChannel 2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't really focus, I got lost in your voice, honestly I would love to hear you reading a book, there is something in your voice that gives me goosebumps!

@techster69 2 жыл бұрын

She definitely has an ASMR voice or something like that 😅

@imjennrenee 2 жыл бұрын

She does have an amazing voice. She needs an ASMR channel.

@chriss7393 2 жыл бұрын

Super kawaii.. You prob need to get out more..

@yooanto9465 2 жыл бұрын

She is pregnant because if your comment.

@yoyotheplayer9403 2 жыл бұрын

Get a life

@richardhay645 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful video BUT it would be very helpful if you NEVER say "click on THIS" when referenung an action. I had to rewind several times to figure out the name of the item you clicked on.

@ElysianFields-nv7wq Жыл бұрын

Well done! Very helpful.

@sallyride6577 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Your directions were easy to follow and I feel better about my new Windows !

@clayhenss4687 Жыл бұрын

So helpful. Thanks so much.

@catatonicgalaxy1471 2 жыл бұрын

you shouldn't download win 11 at all yet.

@chuckinhouston9952 8 ай бұрын

Windows 11 is a smoking pile of crap.

@duk1436 8 ай бұрын

@@chuckinhouston9952nah i love it

@Hiro_Blazeheart 2 жыл бұрын

The ideal solution would be to not install Windows at all or stay on Windows 10 or even better switch back to Windows. 7. Windows 11 is an Operating system that aims to steal your privacy and sell your user data. It is a lot more terrible than Windows 10 ever was. Personally, I would recommend stopping using Windows at all and starting using Linux. I myself have stopped using Windows all together and Switch to Linux. I enjoy using Linux much more now that I don't feel like someone is watching everything I do. and don't worry about the Operating system, want to know everything there is to know about me. Windows is no longer just an operating system, it is a full on Scam to exploit people who have become so accustomed to their ways that they can't see it. I have been using Windows all my life since MS-DOS and i'm Done. I don't take kindly to companies trying to exploit me. And Windows 10 was already the edge of what I liked and Windows 11 is just over the edge and we don't care, we take everything and control everything you can and can't do on Your Operating system. I beg you, if you're gonna stay on Windows, stay, on Windows 10 or one of the older versions. Or do like me say Fuck Microsoft and switch to Linux. don’t let them control your life when you have the Freedom to choose.

@dporrasxtremeLS3 Жыл бұрын

Awesome and Amazing! Thank you Leila!

@ebogart42 Жыл бұрын

VERY helpful - Thanks !

@neil7813 2 жыл бұрын

The first thing you should change is to change back to 10.

@elephant_beard227 6 ай бұрын

F🤬🤬k no.

@hbc511 6 ай бұрын

Why ?

@elephant_beard227 6 ай бұрын

@@hbc51110 is near its end with Windows 11 out, and Windows 12 coming pretty soon, so just upgrade. It's worth the spyware.

@jennbee6758 5 ай бұрын

I hated 10!

@tomc642 5 ай бұрын

Not 10, change back to Windows 7. Windows 10 is nothing but bloatware.

@lulusaeed4749 2 жыл бұрын

It is helpful for me, thanks so much.

@RyanHogan Жыл бұрын

This is still very relevant and useful. Thank you!

@bullchief8777 2 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate your help 😊

@The1DDG 8 ай бұрын

very helpful TY!

@EricMelendez Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information with us and keeping it to the point and not dragging it on. I just subscribed and appreciate good channels like yours. Keep up the good work Leila

@bubba7531 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very helpful.

@paulveres305 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Leila, helpful, had most of these cleared out already, but good to uncheck other stuff I didn't know about!

@sarahpemberton3414 Жыл бұрын

Excellent. Relevant, clear, concise, easy to follow instructions to improve Windows 11 experience. A big thank you sharing.

@stimso885 2 жыл бұрын

Useful and short. Thank you!

@chaugulepankaj Жыл бұрын

Helpful video. Thank you.

@abangwout232 Жыл бұрын

Great video helped me alot! thank you

@gamerone6141 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant video!🙂

@orwellhuxley6301 Жыл бұрын

Very useful. Thank you.

@Latest_Gadget Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I really appreciate your help.

@paco1669 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this!

@53cuzzy Жыл бұрын

Thank you, very helpful👍

@pe7146 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your clarity. So helpful.

@wealthwithathena Жыл бұрын

Very useful! Thanks :)

@ramoscopy Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Concise, and a real person explaining the process

@5954ldydi Жыл бұрын

Thank you! You just saved me a lot of time trying to shut off and change these features and settings that have been annoying me! Awesome video! Thanks again. Have a wonderful day. 😉