How To Turn Off 'Photographic Memory' Feature In Windows Called 'Recall' That Elon Musk Likened To A 'Black Mirror Episode'

May 21, 202411:00 UTC

Microsoft Corp. MSFT unveiled a new feature for Windows 11 users during the Build developer conference called "Recall." The feature will record and categorize user activities, allowing for easy retrieval.

What Happened: The Recall feature, also known as AI Explorer, will track user activities across apps, live meetings, and web browsing, among others.

Users can access their activity history through a timeline and even search through live meetings and videos using Live Captions.

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Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk likened the feature to a "Black Mirror episode."

"Definitely turning this ‘feature' off."

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
This is a Black Mirror episode.
Definitely turning this "feature" off. https://t.co/bx1KLqLf67
May 20, 2024

Recall is an enhanced version of the now-discontinued Timeline feature in Windows 10. However, Recall offers deeper integration into Windows and is available on new “Copilot Plus PCs” powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite chips.

How To Turn Off ‘Photographic Memory' Feature

The "Photographic Memory" option is currently in preview and it can be managed from within the Settings app. Here's how it can be disabled:

Click the Windows button on your keyboard.
Open the Settings app and go to Privacy & security > Recall & snapshots.
Disable the Save Snapshots option.
If you already have snapshots taken, you can delete them by clicking the "Delete snapshots."

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