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  "description": "A new toggle under Privacy & security puts the option a click away, replacing Registry edits outside the EU.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T05:05:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Windows 11 is getting a built-in switch to remove Bing-powered web results from its Search experience. The control will sit in Settings, so you no longer need to dig through the Registry or Group Policy to clean up cluttered search results. Microsoft showed the change during a Windows Insider meetup in San Francisco on June 2, tied to Build 2026.\n\n⚙️\n\nQuick answer: The new toggle will appear under Settings > Privacy & security > Search, where you can turn off suggested web results. Until it ships, you can disable Bing results today using the Registry or Group Policy steps below.\n\nSearch disable web results (mockup)\n\n* * *\n\n## What the new Windows 11 Search toggle does\n\nWhen you open Windows Search to find an installed app, a document, or a setting, results from the web currently appear alongside what is actually on your PC. The upcoming option lets you switch off those suggested web results so Search focuses on local content.\n\nScreens shown during the presentation also point to a second toggle that would remove Microsoft Store results from Search. That would give you more control over which result types show up beyond just web links.\n\nThis kind of control is not brand new. Users in the European Union already gained the ability to disable web results through changes Microsoft made to comply with the Digital Markets Act. The shift now is that the option is heading to people outside the EU as well.\n\n* * *\n\n## When the Windows 11 Search change rolls out\n\nMicrosoft has not announced a release date. The feature is expected to show up first in Windows Insider preview builds before reaching all Windows 11 users, so no official rollout date is currently confirmed.\n\nThe Search cleanup is part of Microsoft's broader Windows K2 effort, which focuses on improving the core Windows experience and rebuilding user confidence in the platform. Alongside it, the company highlighted that File Explorer launches faster and that bulk file deletion is roughly 30 percent quicker in internal builds. Recent Insider releases have also brought a cleaner Widgets panel, more Taskbar customization, Start menu refinements, and faster Search.\n\n* * *\n\n## Remove Bing web results in Windows 11 right now\n\nUntil the Settings toggle ships outside the EU, there are a few reliable ways to stop Bing results from appearing in Search. The fastest is a single Registry value, with Group Policy as an alternative on Pro and Enterprise editions.\n\n### Disable Cloud content search in Settings\n\n**Step 1:** Press `Win + I` to open Settings, then go to **Privacy & security > Search permissions**.\n\n**Step 2:** Under **Cloud content search** , turn off both the **Microsoft account** and **Work or School account** toggles. This stops Search from personalizing results with online content.\n\n**Step 3:** Scroll down and turn off **Show search highlights** to remove the extra Bing-driven content from the search box.\n\nThis reduces web content in Search but does not fully remove web results. Use the Registry method below for that.\n\n### Remove Bing results using the Registry Editor\n\n**Step 1:** Press `Win + S`, type **Registry Editor** , and open it.\n\n**Step 2:** Paste this path into the address bar and press Enter.\n\n\n    Computer\\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer\n\n\nIf the `Explorer` key does not exist, right-click `Windows`, choose **New > Key**, and name it `Explorer`.\n\n**Step 3:** Right-click in the right pane, choose **New > DWORD (32-bit) Value**, and name it `DisableSearchBoxSuggestions`.\n\n**Step 4:** Double-click the value, set **Value data** to `1`, and click OK. Restart your PC.\n\nAfter the restart, Windows Search should show only local results with no Bing web links in the search box.\n\n💡\n\nTip: You can apply the same change with a single command. Open Command Prompt as administrator and run the command below, then restart.\n\n\n    reg add \"HKCU\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Search\" /v BingSearchEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f\n\n\n### Remove Bing results using Group Policy\n\n**Step 1:** Press `Win + R`, type `gpedit.msc`, and press Enter. This is available on Windows 11 Pro and Enterprise.\n\n**Step 2:** Go to **User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search**.\n\n**Step 3:** Open **Do not allow web search** , set it to **Enabled** , and click OK. Then open **Don't search the web or display web results in Search** , set it to **Enabled** , and click OK.\n\n**Step 4:** Restart your PC. Web results should be gone from the Start menu, Taskbar, and File Explorer search.\n\n* * *\n\n## How to confirm Bing results are gone\n\nOpen Windows Search and type a query that would normally trigger web suggestions, such as a generic phrase rather than an app name. If the change worked, you will see only local matches like apps, files, and settings, with no web links or Bing icon in the search box. If web results still appear, sign out and back in or restart again, since the Registry and Group Policy changes apply after a reboot.\n\nOne common reason the Registry change does not stick is that the `Explorer` key or the `DisableSearchBoxSuggestions` value was created in the wrong location. Confirm the value sits under `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer` and is set to `1`.\n\nFor most people, the upcoming Settings toggle will make all of this unnecessary. Moving the control into **Privacy & security > Search** turns a hidden Registry tweak into a single click, and it fits the wider push to make Windows 11 feel faster, cleaner, and less crowded with online suggestions in places meant for finding what is already on your PC.",
  "title": "Windows 11 Search Will Let You Turn Off Bing Web Results in Settings",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-05T05:05:01.048Z"
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