Just accepted the Critical Download, now I want to delete Cortata. How do I do this?

[Windows Central Question]

Just accepted the Critical Download, now I want to delete Cortata.

I'm fed up with apps and other information that want personal data, including Cortana. Can anybody let me know how to remove this
unwanted Cortana from my Lumia 630 phone.

 

[Zephyr716]

Re: Just accepted the Critical Download, now I want to delete Cortata.

You can't remove her but you can turn her off in the settings, that way she won't collect any information about you

 

[AndyCalling]

You can remove it, but you need to reflash to an earlier version of WP8 to do so. Unless you want to flash to the current version from a country that does not yet have Cortana. Better to just switch it off.

The day they sell a TOR phone which is fully private is the day I drop Windows on my phone.