How to disable Search for the web option in Windows 11 taskbar search

Whenever you search for an app or anything using Windows search, it will show you the app or any running commands or any related information. It also displays search from the web results, which will prompt the browser to display results from the Microsoft search engine. Many Windows users have expressed their opinion that they don’t like to see web search results in their start menu and they can’t disable it on their system. We then analyzed this issue and found 2 ways by which anyone can disable web search results on their Windows system. This post will help you know how to do it.

How to disable search in web results in Windows 11 using Registry Editor

Step 1: Press Windows + R keys together on your keyboard to open Run dialog box.

Step 2: Write regeditar in the run box and press the button Get into key to open registry editor.

Step 3: Accept the UAC prompt by clicking Yes continue.

Step 4 – Copy and paste the path below into the empty address bar of the registry editor and press the button Get into wrench.

ComputerHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionSearch

Step 5 – After reaching the search registry key, right click on Search and hover over New context menu option.

Step 6: Then select Valor DWORD (32 bits) from the list as shown in the image below.

Step 7 – Rename the newly created DWORD value to BingSearchEnabled.

Step 8: Double click BingSearchHabilitado DWORD value and enter the value 0 at value data countryside.

Step 9: Once done, click OK to apply and close the DWORD Value window.

Step 10 – Close the registry editor window and reboot your system once.

That’s all… This way you can disable web search results on your system using registry editor.

How to disable search in web results in Windows 11 using Local Group Policy Editor

Step 1: Press Windows + R keys together on your keyboard to open Run dialog box.

Step 2: Write gpedit.msc in the run box and press the button Get into key to open the local group policy editor.

Step 3 – Navigate to the Windows components using the path given below.

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components.

Step 4: Scroll through the list of Windows components and click Search on the left side of the editor window as shown below.

Step 5: Then on the right side find Do not allow web search and double click on it to open it.

Step 6 – In the Do not allow web search window, select Activated option and then click Apply for and OK to make changes as shown in the image below.

Step 7: After doing this, make sure you have selected Search on the left side of the editor window.

Step 8: Then double click Don’t search the web or show web results in Search option to open it.

Step 9: Click Activated in the window Do not search the web or show web results in the search window, as shown below.

Step 10: Finally, click on Apply for and OK to make changes and close the window.

Step 11 – Once done, close the local group policy editor window.

Step 12 – Reboot your system once and see that the web search is no longer showing.

That’s it. This is how you can disable search web results in Search on your Windows 11 system using local group policy editor.

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