How to Disable Bing Cloud Search in Windows 11 and 10
- Open Windows Search and click on the 3-dot menu next to the Bing icon.
- Click on “Search settings“.
- Under “Cloud content search”, disable the toggles for both “Microsoft account ” and “Work or School account”. This will stop personalizing your search results with online content.
Remove Bing Search from Windows 11 and 10 Using Registry Editor
- First off, press the Windows key once and search “registry“. Now, open the Registry Editor.
- Next, paste the below path to the address bar of the Registry and hit Enter.
- Right-click on “Explorer” and choose New -> DWORD (32-bit) value.
- Set the name DisableSearchBoxSuggestions.
- Double-click on it and change the “Value data” to 1 and click on “OK”.
- Finally, restart your PC and Bing Search should be gone from Windows 11/10.
Remove Bing Search from Windows 11 and 10 Using Group Policy
- Press the Windows key and search for “group policy“. Now, open “Edit group policy”.
- Next, under “User Configuration“, move to Administrative Templates> Windows Components > Search.
- Double-click on “Search” to open it. Here, look for “Do not allow web search” and “Don’t search the web or display web results in Search.”
- Open the settings one by one and enable them.
- Finally, restart your Windows 11/ 10 PC, and Bing Search should be removed from all search elements, be it in the Start menu, Taskbar, or File Explorer.