SysCloak

SysCloak: a Windows privacy utility that disables AI, ads, recommendations and suggestions

Author

• @remusrigo
• @remusrigo

Features

• Microsoft (Windows) options:
  • Copilot: disable Windows Copilot and the Copilot taskbar button
  • Edge User Interface: turn off backstack, recent apps and most-frequently-used apps tracking
  • Location And Sensors: disable location, location scripting, sensors, Windows location provider (admin)
  • Windows AI: disable AI data analysis (Recall), Click to Do, Recall enablement, saving snapshots
• Apps options:
  • Microsoft Edge policies: Copilot page context, Bing Chat on the new tab page, sidebar, recommendations, shopping/wallet/feedback features and more (admin)
• Each option shows its Windows default; right-click to check/uncheck all
• Options that need administrator rights are shown only when SysCloak runs as administrator
• Logs actions to a file

User's Guide

See the User's Guide for downloads, runtimes, installation and usage.

Statistics

Roadmap

• 2026-09-05: Add: Location And Sensors
• 2026-09-04: Add: Microsoft Edge policies
• 2026-09-02: Add: Implement context menu (check/uncheck options)
• 2026-09-02: Fix: column width calculation
• 2026-09-02: Add: default values
• 2026-08-26: Project started