One of the added elements from the first moment to Windows 10 was the intelligent assistant Cortana , Microsoft’s response to the Siri of Apple or the Google Now .
The way to integrate Cortana into Windows 10 was by adding a text box to the system taskbar , next to the system Start menu button, a box that is also used to perform system searches .
However, this box ends up becoming annoying if we are not users of this intelligent assistant, since it takes up space and is there for few other things that are really useful.
We can recover the space it occupies in a very simple way: it is only necessary to click on the Windows taskbar to bring up the contextual menu and, then, we must display the option Cortana, consisting of a submenu of three options:
By clicking with the right button of the mouse on the taskbar, we find the option to hide or show the search text box and the Cortana assistant
As we can see, we can both eliminate any reference to Cortana through the ‘Hidden’ option, and reduce the text box to a simple icon if we use this wizard sporadically.
Reactivating it is as simple as performing the reverse operation, that is: right-click on the Windows 10 taskbar, and once the context menu appears, open the ‘Cortana’ option to choose the most suitable option.
What else is this text box for?
Before removing the text box from Cortana hastily, you should know that we can also use it as a search tool in the system.
Just by typing one or more words in it, the system will search for, and show us, applications that match that name, data files, or any element that is part of our computer and that responds to the words entered.
Also, and just by clicking on the text box, a quick wizard will show us the latest open applications, system status information, and elements that, in general, have been accessed in the last days, or should be accessed by someone. reason.
