Tailored Experiences in Windows 11 (formally known in Group Policy as “Tailored experiences with diagnostic data”) is a feature that allows Microsoft to use the telemetry and diagnostic data collected from your machine to offer personalized tips, ads, recommendations, and feature suggestions within the operating system. While Microsoft positions this as a way to enhance the user experience by highlighting relevant apps or settings, in a corporate enterprise environment, this equates to unwanted advertising and unnecessary data processing. Organizations require a standardized, predictable desktop environment where employees are not distracted by unsolicited recommendations generated by cloud-based telemetry analysis.
This guide explains how to completely disable Tailored Experiences system-wide using the Group Policy Editor in Windows 11, ensuring a clean, ad-free, and distraction-free professional workspace.
Disable Tailored Experiences via Group Policy
To enforce a strict block that prevents the operating system from rendering these personalized suggestions and locks the settings from user modification, we must deploy an administrative template. Note that this requires Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education editions.
- Log into Windows 11 with an Administrator account.
- Press the Windows Key + R to open the Run dialogue box.
- Type
gpedit.mscand press Enter to launch the Local Group Policy Editor. - In the left-hand navigation pane, strictly follow this exact path:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds - In the right-hand pane, locate the policy named Turn off tailored experiences with diagnostic data.
- Double-click the policy to open its configuration window.
- Select the radio button next to Enabled. (Note: You must enable this policy to enforce the “turn off” restriction).
- Click Apply, then click OK.
Verify the Configuration Lockdown
To enforce the change immediately across the system without requiring a full reboot, open an elevated Command Prompt and execute gpupdate /force.
To verify the restriction is active, open the Settings app and navigate to Privacy & security > Diagnostics & feedback. Scroll down to the “Tailored experiences” section. The toggle switch for “Let Microsoft use your diagnostic data, excluding info about websites you browse, to offer personalized tips, ads, and recommendations” will be greyed out and locked in the ‘Off’ position. A message at the top of the window will state, “Some of these settings are hidden or managed by your organization.” You have successfully disabled cloud-driven personalized suggestions on the workstation.