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Even with all focus assist settings and automatic rules turned off, every time I pull up the clock app to set a timer it starts on the Focus Sessions tool.
Is there a way to completely turn off this feature, or do I just need to get a clock app from a 3rd party?
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Hi Ck. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.
I've not yet heard of Focus Session bothering anyone. But I do notice that for some reason I'm not signed into the Clock app even though I'm signed into Windows with my MS Account.
Perhaps if you sign out of that one app at the top of the settings it will back off. There shouldn't be any reason to sign into the Clock except to enable it to access your data for the Focus sessions which you do not want.
I am not signed in to the app, and it just recently started popping up the focus assist when I go to clocks and timers. All I want is to set the timer. It worked fine until a week or two ago and apparently there was some update and it stopped chiming. Then it went to this focus assist business. I think there should be an opt out of any new thing like this, but I am not finding that the case here. Hope you can help.
same here, and it's annoying. Normaly use the timer section and now I have to do 2 additional clicks every time. Just unnecessary that the app doesn't save where I last was.
I have pinned the timer to my task bar at the bottom, and as long as I don't do a restart, clicking on it pulls up the timer straightaway. It still needs to have an opt out available for the focus assist imho.
My timer is always pinned to taskbar - it hasn't stopped focus session from popping up when I want to set a timer. Time to search for a new app. Needs to be a way to turn it off!
