{"id":452,"date":"2026-02-21T18:02:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csispecialist.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2026-02-21T18:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:02:46","slug":"permanently-disable-microsoft-recall-with-dism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csispecialist.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/21\/permanently-disable-microsoft-recall-with-dism\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanently Disable Microsoft Recall with DISM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toggling Recall off in Settings leaves the feature installed and eligible for re-enablement via future updates. Removing it at the DISM level is cleaner and sticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Requires:<\/strong> Copilot+ PC, elevated prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DISM \/online \/Disable-Feature \/FeatureName:”Recall”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reboot if prompted, then verify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DISM \/online \/Get-FeatureInfo \/FeatureName:”Recall”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You want State : Disabled with Payload Removed \u2014 anything less and the binaries are still on disk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enterprise Deployment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drop this into your Intune remediation, GPO startup script, or Autopilot provisioning flow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

powershell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$state = (DISM \/online \/Get-FeatureInfo \/FeatureName:”Recall” | Select-String “State”).ToString()<\/p>\n\n\n\n

if ($state -notlike “*Disabled*”) {<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    DISM \/online \/Disable-Feature \/FeatureName:”Recall” \/NoRestart<\/p>\n\n\n\n

}<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For offline image prep, swap \/online for \/image:<mount_path> to bake it out of your WIM before deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why Bother?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recall snapshots everything \u2014 banking portals, healthcare apps, credentials mid-entry \u2014 and indexes it in a local SQLite database. On-device storage is the current model, but any LPE or physical access scenario turns that database into a full activity log handed to an attacker. For environments under HIPAA, GDPR, or SOC 2, disabling it isn’t optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To reverse: DISM \/online \/Enable-Feature \/FeatureName:”Recall” \u2014 though if the payload was removed, expect a reach-out to Windows Update or installation media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toggling Recall off in Settings leaves the feature installed and eligible for re-enablement via future updates. Removing it at the DISM level is cleaner and sticks. Requires: Copilot+ PC, elevated prompt. DISM \/online \/Disable-Feature \/FeatureName:”Recall” Reboot if prompted, then verify: DISM \/online \/Get-FeatureInfo \/FeatureName:”Recall” You want State : Disabled with Payload Removed — anything less … <\/p>\n

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