How to turn off Taskbar Tidbits in Windows 10

Once in a while, Cortana will display small snippets of information, suggestions, thoughts, or greetings (commonly referred to as "Taskbar tidbits") in the Search box of Windows 10. Taskbar tidbits are meant to improve user experience with the intelligent personal assistant, but if you find these messages distracting, you can turn them off in Cortana's settings.

To hide Cortana Taskbar tidbits:

• Open Cortana and click on Menu > Notebook > Settings.
• Scroll to the Taskbar tidbits section.
• Toggle the Let Cortana pipe up from time to time with thoughts and greetings in the Search box to Off.