#My microsoft account activity windows 10#

Look for Apps and services, and click the link Apps and services that can access your data.Ī list of apps that can access your Microsoft account to some degree is displayed and everyone’s will be different. There are several sections that enable you to view and delete activity data for Cortana, search, web browsing, movies you have watched and music listened to, but skip these for now and scroll right down to the bottom of the page. Sometimes Google’s browser doesn’t work for some reason. If you have problems accessing it, try Edge instead of Chrome. For security you may be prompted to enter your password again and then the Privacy Dashboard then appears. Once into your account, select Privacy in the menu bar. Click your picture in the top right corner.In your Microsoft account is personal information, contacts, possibly email and more. Users of older versions of Windows find it easier to live without a Microsoft account, but one is useful anyway, because of services like OneDrive online storage, Outlook email, and Office web apps.

#My microsoft account activity windows 10#

If you have Windows 10 then you almost certainly have a Microsoft account because it really doesn’t work properly without one. Here I will take a look at just one service, your Microsoft account, and if you have A Google account you will find similar features that you should check. Windows, web browsers, online sites and services, applications and so on, all either track us or require us to give up some personal information.Ĭontrolling who has access to what information is not easy because it is spread across multiple services.

Computers, phones and tablets all collect information about our activities.