Disable printing features
Overview
This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.
These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
Be careful running these scripts. This category includes scripts with high impact:
- 🔴 Some not recommended scripts. They should only be used by advanced users. They may break important functionality.
- 🟢 Some safely recommended scripts. Safe-to use for any user.
Implementation Details
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Language: batch
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Scripts Count: 8 scripts
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Subcategories: 2
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Required Privileges: Administrator rights
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Compatibility: Windows only
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Reversibility: All changes can be reverted
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These scripts are written using Batch (batchfile) scripting language.
Choose one of two ways to apply:
- Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
- Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.
Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.
It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application. Additionally, you can apply only the recommended scripts, instead of applying all of the scripts.
privacy.sexy instructions
- Open or download the desktop application
- Search for the category name:
Disable printing features
. - Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
- Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.
Alternative 2. Download
You can choose to apply only scripts with less impact or also those with higher impact:
Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.
This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.
If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.
Standard
This script includes only Standard recommendation level.
Standard scripts in this category is recommended for all users. They help to improve privacy without affecting stability.
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All
This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.
This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.
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Explore further
This category includes total of 8 scripts and 2 subcategories.
Explore its 2 subscripts and 2 subcategories:
Disable printer networking
This category configures Windows using 4 scripts. The category includes 4 subscripts.
Disable XPS support features
This category configures Windows using 2 scripts. The category includes 2 subscripts.
Disable "Print and Document Services" feature
Overview of default feature statuses - | | | | ---- | --- | | Feature name | "Printing-Foundation-Features" | | Display name | Print and Document Services | | Description | Enable print, fax, and scan tasks on this computer | | Default (Windows 11 ≥ 23H2) | 🟢 Enabled | | Default (Windows 10 ≥ 22H2) | 🟢 Enabled |
Disable "Work Folders Client" feature
See: Work Folders overview | Microsoft Learn | learn.microsoft.com Overview of default feature statuses - | | | | ---- | --- | | Feature name | "WorkFolders-Client" | | Display name | Work Folders Client | | Description | Allows file synchronization with a configured file server. | | Default (Windows 11 ≥ 23H2) | 🟢 Enabled | | Default (W...
Explore Categories
- Disable built-in Windows features
- Remove bloatware
This action belongs to Disable built-in Windows features category. This category configures Windows using 20 scripts. These scripts are organized in 4 categories. The category includes 8 subscripts and 2 subcategories that include more scripts and categories. Read more on category page ▶
This action belongs to Remove bloatware category. This category configures Windows using 215 scripts. These scripts are organized in 35 categories. The category includes 1 subscripts and 9 subcategories that include more scripts and categories. Read more on category page ▶
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