Enable & Disable Header Ad in Settings app Windows 10 v2004

Some users after installing the latest feature update called Windows 10 May 2020 Update seeing Header ad banner in the Settings app of Windows 10. This displays the Microsoft account Avatar followed by your Name, Email with a link to visit Microsoft account, OneDrive, Web Browsing, and Windows Update in the Settings header.

You can check the following screenshot for a clear idea

Howa to Enable or Disable Header Ad in Windows 10 Settings app

Some users find it useful as it let you quickly headover to particular settings. For example, clicking One Drive open One Drive app, clicking Windows Update take you Windows Update section. Apart from this, if you click on Web Browsing it show you best recommended browser settings for Windows 10.

You might be interested in reading about post on How to Disable Microsoft Edge Banner Ad in Windows 10 Settings Header using Vive tool.

On the other hand, some users find it annoying and want to disable header ad banner in Windows 10. In case, you made up to this blog post then chances are you also seeing the same header ad in Settings, right? And either you want to enable header banner if it’s not available for you or want to disable it

Unfortunately, there’s no setting available in Windows 10 to enable or disable Header ad banner in Windows 10. But that doesn’t mean its impossible. You can take the help of a third-party program called VIVE to achieve this thing

Enable or Disable Header Ad Banner in Windows 10 Settings app

1. Download Vive Tool for Windows 10 from github.

2. Extract the files and then Open the Vive Tool folder.

3. Next, you need to click on the File > Open Windows PowerShell > Open Windows PowerShell as administrator.

open windows powershell as adminstrator inside any folder

3. According to your requirement (enable or disable), you need to copy-paste the command listed below and hit Enter.

Disable Header ad in Settings app

 .\vivetool.exe addconfig 18299130 1

Disable Header Ad in Windows 10 Settings app

Enable Header ad in Settings app

 .\vivetool.exe addconfig 18299130 2

Enable Header Ad in Windows 10 Settings app

4. Once you see the OK status, reboot your computer to apply the changes.

As simple as that! You can check out following YouTube for steps:

Are you seeing header ad in Windows 10 after installing version 2004? What you’re seeing in it? Do you find workaround in this blog post useful? Let us know in the comments.

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20 COMMENTS

StewL March 17, 2020 At 8:06 am

This does work to disable the header, but only for a short time. It comes back every time I disable it, even during one windows session.

- Geekermag Staff March 17, 2020 At 2:06 pm
  
  Why don’t you try it out and let us know in the comments if it works for you?
  
  - StewL March 17, 2020 At 8:22 pm
    
    I tried it on two desktop computers and two laptop computers. At first the header is disabled. After a while it comes back. I repeated disabling the header multiple times on all four computers and it always comes back.
    
    - Doug March 30, 2020 At 5:58 pm
      
      It seems to be a function of when the windows update actually runs. If I ‘reset’ the header, it does completely disappear, but only until windows update runs again (on my machine at least), then the header does re-appear. There must be something in the windows settings code to ‘refresh’ the header each time update runs. Just another ‘undocumented’ windows ‘feature’.
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Don E. March 26, 2020 At 8:33 am

Hate the clutter of this new (to me) header. Just spontaneously appeared today. Would like to turn it off, for good.

Doug Wallace March 29, 2020 At 8:24 pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’ve been looking for a way to get rid of this unnecessary junk at the top of the settings window for ages, and finally stumbled across your site. Disabled everything and it ‘stuck’. Again thank you very much for this wonderful tool to undo the junk that Microsoft is packing in Windows 10.

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Heather Adams March 29, 2020 At 9:15 pm

How can I turn it off! I do not want it and I see it only on one of my machines.

- Geekermag Staff March 29, 2020 At 10:31 pm
  
  Thanks for contacting, please the disable section in the post, there is a command using which you can turn it off.
  
- Doug March 30, 2020 At 4:08 am
  
  Heather,
  
  You need to use the command, but manually change the word enable, to disable. It’s simply a typo in the instructions. Once you do that, it should work fine.
  Good luck,
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Jose May 13, 2020 At 4:27 am

lmao it says unknown error, don’t know why

Hussey May 30, 2020 At 9:46 pm

Microsoft account picture and name not showing up after windows 10 20H1 update i entered commands and restarted the machine but nothing happened

- Viney Dhiman May 31, 2020 At 11:01 am
  
  Thanks for sharing this, actually I have updated the wrong command in it, To disable, you need to use this command: .\Mach2.exe disable 18299130 in Windows PowerShell. I have also updated the blog post. Also, don’t forget to reboot your computer to apply the changes.
  
Hussey June 6, 2020 At 5:17 pm

this method works before 2004 update but after 2004 update it’s not showing up my profile picture and name but it functions normally on new accounts i did these steps several times to no vail

- Viney Dhiman June 6, 2020 At 6:25 pm
  
  I have tested this method in Windows 10 2004, You’re doing something.
  
hatachu June 16, 2020 At 7:38 am

After applying the June Windows Update on Windows10 2004, I can no longer turn on/off the Settings app header in Mach2.

- Viney Dhiman June 16, 2020 At 7:59 am
  
  I don’t why it isn’t working for you. Could you please screenshot of what you’re doing?
  
  - Chethiya July 11, 2020 At 10:59 pm
    
    bro it doesn’t also work for me. I have Windows 10 2004
    
    here’s a screenshot https://imgur.com/GMsoj3c
    
    after restarting, I can’t see the header
    
Walter June 24, 2020 At 2:32 pm

Afte enabling with mach2 it works foe some time, then it disappears again.

Dhrutigobinda Hati August 7, 2020 At 10:52 pm

it doesn’t also work for me. I have Windows 10 2004

Scott Milella September 12, 2020 At 11:31 pm

I get unknown error:

“unknown error, system:c0000022”

How utterly USELESS this error message is.