Microsoft showing ads on lock screen in Windows 10 isn’t new, in the latest May 2019 feature update, the company is showing Edge browser ads and you can’t turn them off.
Windows Spotlight feature that shows different images on lock screen in Windows 10, also displays fun facts, tips, and suggestions. To the latest, in Windows 10 version 2019, Microsoft is displaying ads on Edge browser for the first time. In our opinion, it would make sense if they promote Chromium-Edge but not classic Edge.
Anyway, here is what the ad says “Try the browser recommended by Microsoft to make the most of Windows 10. Microsoft Edge is built for Windows 10 and for how you browse the web. Try it now”, you can see another ad on the top left side of the lock screen. For us, the ad not responded when we clicked on it.
But the thing is process of turning off ads requires you to use a local picture as lock screen and you also need to ensure “Get fun facts, tips, and more from Windows and Cortana on your lock screen” setting is turned off under Lock Screen in Personalization Settings, but doing this also doesn’t helps.
Disable lock screen ads in Windows 10 by using Group Policy Editor
We’ve tried to see if by using Group Policy method we can deactivate lock screen advertisements, nope! That also not worked. If you don’t know, here is how you can prevent Windows from displaying tips on the lock screen, the policy setting says Microsoft uses diagnostic data to find which tips to show to the users.
1. Type “gpedit.msc” in the Run dialog to open Group Policy Editor in Windows 10 Pro
2. Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components
3. Click on Cloud Content, double click on “Do not Show Windows tips”
4. Choose Enabled, click OK to apply.
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