How to Prevent Apps From Getting Account Information on Windows 10
31How to Prevent Apps From Getting Account Information on Windows 10.
There are several Windows applications that will have access to your Microsoft account information. Now, this feature can be helpful sometimes because some applications need to access your account information to work as intended. Applications will be able to use your account name, your account picture, and any other information about you in order to provide a personalized Windows experience. However, some users will not want to share their account information with other applications. Users that are concerned about the privacy of their account information can disable the access of applications.
Control Access to Your Account Info
Some apps want to take a peek at the information associated with your Microsoft account. It's like when you log into a new site or app using your Facebook credentials, in that you give away some details associated with that account to the app or site.
If you'd understandably rather apps not do this, open up the Account info tab under the Privacy section of Settings, then use the toggle switches to stop individual apps from accessing any data, like your email address or profile picture, linked to your Microsoft account.
At the top you can click Change to block any app from accessing the account information for anyone who uses the computer you're on. If the switch breaks any functionality in certain apps, you can always revert back to the previous settings.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).