Quick Tip: How to Disable The “Let’s Finish Setting up Your Device” Screens on Windows 11

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In this Quick Tip, I'll show you how to disable the annoying upsell screen that occasionally appears when you turn on your computer. It's the one that says, "Let's finish setting up your device."

Its only purpose is to try and convince you to use more Microsoft cloud services.

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Open the Start Menu and go to "Settings".

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Then click "System" on the left, and "Notifications" on the right.

Scroll all the way to the bottom of the "Notifications" page.

Expand "Advanced Settings".

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Uncheck the boxes there, and that will disable a number of annoyances, including this one.

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