Microsoft Windows 8 start screen on those colored tiles is not only a quick entry for various applications, for some applications with real-time update information, their dynamic tile can automatically display real-time Information, such as scrolling display emails, Weibo updates, images, stock trends, weather information, news feeds, etc., can be said that dynamic tiles are real-time notification windows for these applications. However, applications such as mail, contacts, and pictures involve some private information. If it is viewed in public, it is not a pleasant thing. Is there any way to quickly and easily clear all the information displayed by Win8 dynamic tile?
Some friends say that you can right click on the dynamic tile and select “ld” from the operation menu at the bottom of the screen to close the dynamic tile. & rdquo;, so the selected tile will not scroll display real-time information (message, information application as shown below). Indeed, with this setting method, it is possible to set whether or not the real-time information display is turned on for the dynamic magnetic label one by one, but if the time is urgent, it is necessary to quickly turn off the information display of the dynamic magnetic tile, and it is too late to apply an application to set, and this setting is too late. The method is to completely turn off the information display of the tile. Below we describe several ways to quickly clear the personal information in the Win8 start screen tile.
Illustration: Turn off Win8 dynamic tile
Clear tile personal information in Win8 super button sidebar
Press "ld+;Win + I" in the Win8 start screen or use Move your finger from the right end of the screen to the middle to call up the charms and select the “Set> gear icon. Click on the “Magnetize” at the top of the right sidebar of the screen.
From the Win8 super button sidebar into the tile settings
After entering the tile settings interface from the Win8 sidebar, we can see a “clear from my tile For personal information & rdquo; settings, click the "Clear" button to clear all personal information displayed by the current tile. Comparing the above picture and the right picture below, you can see that the information of pictures, stocks, weather and other tiles have been closed instantly.
illustration: quickly remove Win8 tiles display personal information deleted
Win8 computer setup history
Press & ldquo in Win8 start screen; Win + I & rdquo; key combination, or with your fingers From the right end of the screen, swipe the middle to bring up the charms and select the “Settings” gear icon. Click on the bottom of the sidebar at the bottom right of the screen to “Change PC Settings”. Enter the Win8 computer settings interface on the left. Find “General” in the category, then click “Delete History” under "Application Switch" on the right.
Illustration: Clearing history in Win8 system settings
In addition to the methods described above, we can also set the Win8 system status to shutdown to automatically clear the tile history through Group Policy.
Setting Win8 shutdown through Group Policy to automatically clear the tile history
If you feel that it is a bit troublesome to clear the history from time to time, we can also set Win8 to automatically clear the tile history through Group Policy.
Press the shortcut key <;Win+R”, enter “gpedit.msc” (without the quotation marks) in the run window.
Illustration: Open Group Policy from Win8 Run Window
Enter Win8 Local Group Policy Editor, select “User Configuration –Administrative Templates–‘Start & rsquo;Menu and Taskbar”, On the right we can see <;Clear tile notifications and history when exiting the system”.
Win8 Local Group Policy Editor
Double-click "Clear Tile Notifications and History" when exiting the system, select "“Enabled" in the pop-up settings window. Then click the “OK” button below.
If this setting is enabled, the Win8 system will delete the notification of the tile when the user logs out. Therefore, the tile in the start screen when the user logs back in to Win8 will always display its default content. In addition, all cached versions of these notifications will be cleared when the user logs out.