DocsHow to Disable the Google Docs ‘Equation Toolbar’ Permanently
What is the Equation Toolbar? Google Docs includes a built-in Equation tool that allows students,...
UbuntuHow to Disable the Ubuntu ‘Nouveau’ Open Source Display Driver
What is the Nouveau Driver? When you install Ubuntu Linux on a computer with an...
WindowsHow to Stop Windows 10 from Automatically Creating Thumbnails (Thumbs.db)
Why Does Windows Create Thumbs.db Files? If you have ever tried to delete a folder...
ChromeHow to Disable the Google Chrome ‘Omnibox Trending Searches’ on Desktop
What Are Desktop Trending Searches? Google recently pushed an update to the desktop version of...
UbuntuHow to Stop the Ubuntu ‘Snapd’ Service from Mounting Loop Devices
Why Does Snapd Mount So Many Loop Devices? If you run the lsblk or df...
WindowsHow to Disable the Windows 10 ‘Action Center’ (Notifications Sidebar) Completely
What is the Action Center? In Windows 10, the Action Center is the slide-out panel...
KeepHow to Disable the Google Keep ‘Rich Text Formatting’ (Markdown) Feature
What is Google Keep Rich Text Formatting? Recently, Google updated Google Keep to support basic...
UbuntuHow to Stop the Ubuntu ‘Zeitgeist’ (Activity Journal) Service from Tracking Your Files
What is the Zeitgeist Service? In Ubuntu (specifically older versions utilizing the Unity desktop, or...
ChromeHow to Disable the Google Chrome ‘Automatic Picture-in-Picture’ for Videos
What is Automatic Picture-in-Picture? Google Chrome includes an “Automatic Picture-in-Picture” (PiP) feature. If you are...
WindowsHow to Stop Windows 10 from Automatically Creating Desktop Shortcuts for New Apps
Why Does Windows Create Desktop Shortcuts for New Apps? When you install a new application...
DriveHow to Disable the Google Drive ‘Priority’ Page as the Default Homepage
Why Does Google Drive Open to Priority? For many Workspace and personal accounts, Google Drive...
macOSHow to Disable the macOS ‘Smooth Scrolling’ Feature
What is Smooth Scrolling on macOS? macOS uses a feature called “Smooth Scrolling” (or momentum...
ChromeHow to Stop Google Chrome from Automatically Highlighting Search Terms (Text Fragments)
What Are Text Fragments? Google Chrome includes a feature called “Scroll to Text Fragment.” When...
DocsHow to Disable the Google Docs ‘Link Previews’ (Smart Chips) Popup
What Are Google Docs Link Previews? When you paste a URL into a Google Doc...
UbuntuHow to Stop the Ubuntu ‘Wpa_Supplicant’ (Wi-Fi Manager) from Writing Massive Log Files
Why is Wpa_Supplicant Using So Much Disk Space? In Ubuntu, wpa_supplicant is the background service...
macOSHow to Disable the Hidden macOS ‘Feedback Assistant’ (Beta Reporting) Prompt
What is the macOS Feedback Assistant? If you are running a beta version of macOS...
WindowsHow to Stop Windows 10 from Automatically Dimming the Screen (Adaptive Brightness)
Why Does the Windows Screen Keep Dimming? If you are using a modern Windows 10...