If you select disable or disable its permissions in settings, it's disabled. The...

		NiveaGeForce on April 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for it... If you select disable or disable its permissions in settings, it's disabled. The fact that there is a Search UI on your taskbar (which you can remove with right click), doesn't imply that Cortana's data collection is enabled.