Microsoft provides instructions on how to control Recall on a Windows Copilot+ PC, allowing users to manage snapshots, pause activity, and filter sensitive content.
Enable and Pause Snapshots
Microsoft states that saving snapshots for Recall is not enabled by default, requiring users to opt in. You can go to Windows Settings > Privacy & Security > Recall & Snapshots and move the Save snapshots toggle switch to On.
To pause Recall, select the Recall icon in the system tray and select Pause until tomorrow. To manually resume, select the Recall icon and choose Resume snapshots, then authorize the change using your Windows Hello credentials.
Filter and Reset Recall
You can filter out specific apps and websites by going to Settings > Privacy & security > Recall & snapshots on your PC, using a supported browser for web filtering.
To reset Recall, Microsoft instructs users to go to Settings > Privacy & security > Recall & snapshots > Advanced settings, select Reset Recall, confirm by selecting Reset, and authorize using Windows Hello.
What to do
- Go to Windows Settings > Privacy & Security > Recall & Snapshots and move the Save snapshots toggle switch to On to enable Recall.
- Select the Recall icon in the system tray and select Pause until tomorrow to pause snapshots.
- To reset Recall, navigate to Settings > Privacy & security > Recall & snapshots > Advanced settings, select Reset Recall, and authorize using Windows Hello.
Key facts and where they come from
- Saving snapshots for Recall is not enabled by default.
By default, saving snapshots for Recall aren’t enabled. You need to opt in to saving snapshots.
- Users can enable snapshots via Windows Settings.
You can go to Windows Settings > Privacy & Security > Recall & Snapshots , to control when snapshots are saved, with the Save snapshots option, move the toggle switch to On .
- Resetting Recall deletes all snapshots and resets settings.
When you reset Recall, it deletes all of your snapshots and resets all your settings for Recall.
