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How to Turn Off the Share Across Devices Feature on Windows 11

Jan 10, 2025

Windows 11 comes with a variety of features designed to enhance your experience and productivity. “Share across devices” is a feature allows Windows users to continue app experiences easily on other devices connected to their accounts.

While this feature can be useful for syncing your activities across all your devices, some users may prefer to turn it off for privacy reasons, as enabling it can make your data more accessible across platforms.

If you are concerned about your data being shared across different devices, follow the steps in this WiseCleaner article to turn off the Share across devices feature on your Windows 11.

Step-by-step guide to disable share across devices

Step 1. Open Settings window

Click on the Start button on your Taskbar, and then select the gear icon from the menu to open the Settings tool.

Step 2. Access the Apps option

From the left panel, locate and click the Apps tab.

Step 3. Select Advanced app settings

In the menu of Apps, select Advanced app settings.

Step 4. Disable Share across devices

Click on the arrow next to Share across devices to open the drop-down menu, and select Off from it.

Additional tip

You may also want to enhance your privacy level by selecting your preferred Clipboard settings and controlling which data gets synced in Settings > System > Clipboard.

Conclusion

Turning off Share Across Devices in Windows 11 is a simple process which can help enhance your privacy and control over your shared content.

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