Privacy & security on Windows 11
The Privacy & security section of the Windows 11 Settings app includes the following options:
- Windows Security
- Virus & threat protection
- Firewall & network protection
- Account protection
- Find my device
- For developers
- Developer Mode
- Device Portal
- Device discovery
- Restricted
- RemoteSigned
- Unrestricted
- General
- Let apps show me personalized ads by using my advertising ID
- Let websites show me locally relevant content
- Let Windows improve Start and search results
- Location
- Location services
- Let apps access your location
- Let desktop apps access your location
- Zoom
- Weather
- Maps
- Camera
- Camera access
- Let apps access your camera
- Teams
- Microphone
- Microphone access
- Let apps access your microphone
- Notifications
- Account info
- Speech
- Online speech recognition
- Inking & typing personalization
- Personal inking and typing dictionary
- Diagnostics & feedback
- Required only
- Optional
- Improve inking and typing
- Tailored experiences
- Delete diagnostic data
- Activity history
- Store my activity history on this device
- Search permissions
- Strict
- Moderate
- Off
- Cloud content search — Microsoft account
- Search history on this device
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