Comments on: Turn Off Activity History For Privacy

By: Terry Hollett

Terry Hollett — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:38:09 +0000

In reply to dan. I just mentioned it in case anyone wanted to read the contents of that file properly.

By: dan

dan — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 19:42:51 +0000

Hi Terry,
I watch quite a bit of YouTube videos, and when I followed your instructions, SQLITE reported no history of anything recognizable in my ‘ActivitiesCache.db’ file.
I was hoping there would be a nice summary of YT videos I had watched, but there was nothing of interest that was displayed.
So, what is the purpose of SQLite in your article?
Thanks,
Dan

By: Terry Hollett

Terry Hollett — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:39:13 +0000

In reply to Kenneth Wolf. I have a local account. For Windows 11, press Windows key + i, then click on Privacy & security, then scroll down to uncheck the Store my activity history on this device box under the Activity History privacy page.

By: Kenneth Wolf

Kenneth Wolf — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:01:59 +0000

Is this just for Microsoft accounts? I have all my W11 computers set up with local accounts and I cannot find the “activity history” on any of them. Am I missing something? Thanks.

By: Mindblower

Mindblower — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:42:16 +0000

In reply to Terry Hollett. Thanks Terry. Will try 'em out this weekend and report the results, Mindblower!

By: Terry Hollett

Terry Hollett — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:27:25 +0000

In reply to Haakon.

Try here: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-disable-windows-10-active-history-permanently

Covers Windows 10 and 11; registry edits and GPedit.

By: Terry Hollett

Terry Hollett — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:24:58 +0000

In reply to Mindblower.

Try this site: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-disable-windows-10-active-history-permanently
It covers both Windows 10 and 11. It also covers using the registry editor.

By: Mindblower

Mindblower — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:09:16 +0000

Hi Terry. I am unable to do as you recommended, but I did locate that file in the registry. What if I just delete it there? Would it come back to life or cause me problems, Mindblower!

By: Haakon

Haakon — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:24:56 +0000

Good read. But I’ve had that unchecked since I built this Win10 Pro desktop PC , finished in February, 2020, where three files so dated are in an \L.Administrator folder. I also have six files in two folders \L.MyUserName and \L.GUIDstring dated in August, October and November, 2025. They’re are chock full of data, including info on the third party firewall I use.
The “clear activity history” function seems to be valid only when there is an “your accounts on this device” account shown, which has its own toggle which I set to off back in February, 2020 when I first set things up as admin before creating the local. And I did hit that clear before setting it to off. Could be there’s a registry or gpedit setting(s) to tweak? Thanks.