One of my peeves with Windows 10 is occasionally I’ll get a screen saying “Let’s finish setting up your device.” (Uh, I finished setting it up a couple years ago, why do you keep suggesting this?)

This evening, I spotted a post on Twitter from @MrTurner asking how to get rid of that prompt. Great question! And there was an equally awesome reply from @Lucas_Trz with the answer.

It's in the settings, in System, Notifications & Actions: "Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally"

— Lucas Trzesniewski (@Lucas_Trz) March 27, 2022

So, just in case that isn’t clear enough.

1. Go into settings (click the Start button, and then the “gear” icon), click 
2. Click “System”
3. Click “Notifications & actions”
4. Uncheck the box next to the text that starts off with “Show me the Windows welcome experience after updates and occasionally” (I’d like to suggest you might want to uncheck a few other things as well.)

Going forward, this is on my list of things I’ll do any time I reinstall Windows. Right next to turning off the feedback surveys.

Cover image by twitter user @MrTurnerj, used in the context of a critique of Windows.