Disable Web Searches From Appearing In The Windows 11 Search Menu [Guide]
15Disable Web Searches From Appearing In The Windows 11 Search Menu [Guide]
Struggling to find an important file? You can quickly search for files on Windows 11 using the Start menu or taskbar search button. This is a handy feature to have but, for some users, the search results they’ll see aren’t hugely useful.
This is usually because of the web results that Windows will add to a search. If you don’t want web results from Bing to appear in your local search results on Windows 11, you can switch this off.
Whenever you search for anything using the Windows Search box or Start menu, if the system can’t find a match for a document, picture, video, setting, or app, you will get a list of web results suggestions from Bing. If you click one of the links, the page will open in Microsoft Edge.
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When you run searches on Windows 11 from the operating system's Start Menu, you will get local results as well as web-based results powered by Bing by default. Microsoft introduced web search functionality in Windows 10 and has kept the feature in Windows 11.
When a user searches using the Start menu in Windows 10 or Windows 11, the search results show suggestions from the local computer (files, apps, settings) and search results from the Bing search engine. The Start menu displays both search suggestions and Bing results for your keywords. This tutorial will examine how to disable search suggestions and not display search results in the Start Menu of Windows 10/11.
Many Windows 11 users see web searching as a way for Microsoft to promote its Bing search engine, and not as something that adds value to the search functionality. Web Search integration broke Windows Search at least once on Windows 10, and there is the chance that this is going to happen again.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Alienware, Razer, MSI, Huawei , Microsoft Surface, and Samsung.