How To Disable Bing Search In Windows 10 Start Menu?

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METHOD 1: DISABLE BING SEARCH RESULTS VIA THE GROUP POLICY EDITOR

1. When the result for "gpedit.msc" displays in the Start Menu, click it.
2. Navigate to the following location once the Group Policy Editor has opened: Windows components, administrative templates, and user configuration file manager.
3. You will find a policy titled "Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box" in the File Explorer area, as shown below. To open the policy, double-click on it.
4. To disable Bing search, set this policy to 'Enabled.'
5. When done, click on the Apply and then OK button to save the policy.
6. You can now close the Group Policy Editor and restart Windows Explorer or restart your computer.

METHOD 2: USE THE REGISTRY EDITOR TO DISABLE BING INTEGRATION

1. By simultaneously pressing the Windows key and the R key, you can first launch the Windows Registry Editor. By doing this, the Run: dialogue will be displayed. Type regedit into it, then click OK.
2. If you choose to allow the Registry Editor to make changes to the system, Windows will ask you via a UAC question. To proceed, select the Yes radio button.
3. Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer key. If the key does not exist, create the necessary folders until you are in the Explorer key.
4. As illustrated below, right-click on Explorer and choose New, followed by DWORD (32-bit) Value.
5. A prompt will ask you to type the name of the new value. Press Enter after typing DisableSearchBoxSuggestions on the keyboard. There will be a new value produced, which ought to be automatically set to 0. Double-click BingSearchEnabled now, change the value to 1, and then click OK.
6. When finished, the BingSearchEnabled value ought to be created and set to 1.
7. Now that the Registry Editor has been closed, you can restart Windows Explorer or your machine.

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