# Lessen Windows 10 cloud service use

Open the start menu and search for group policy, "Edit group policy" should show up.

[![Group Policy Editor.png](https://wiki.leerkotte.net/uploads/images/gallery/2021-07/scaled-1680-/group-policy-editor.png)](https://wiki.leerkotte.net/uploads/images/gallery/2021-07/group-policy-editor.png)

In this tools navigate to `Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Cloud Content` here you will find three policies you can enable to lessen the use of M$ cloud services.

[![Cloud Content GPOs.png](https://wiki.leerkotte.net/uploads/images/gallery/2021-07/scaled-1680-/cloud-content-gpos.png)](https://wiki.leerkotte.net/uploads/images/gallery/2021-07/cloud-content-gpos.png)