How to remove "Trending searches" in Windows 10 search?

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In Windows 10, this is how my search looks:

How to remove the "Trending searches"? It is annoying.

I'm using 22H2 version of Windows 10.

Right-click on the taskbar, click Search. Uncheck Show search highlights. — Reddy Lutonadio, Nov 06 '22 at 14:02

nena · Answer 1 · 2022-12-01T13:07:52.093

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none of these answers worked for me but this one: https://winaero.com/disable-web-search-in-windows-10-taskbar/

open registry editor (type regedit on the search box then hit enter)
navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
create "Explorer" under "Windows" (right click "Windows" -> new -> Key)
create DWORD value under "Explorer" called "DisableSearchBoxSuggestions" (right click "Explorer" -> new -> DWORD (32 bit) Value)
assign value of 1 to this newly created value (double click "DisableSearchBoxSuggestions" then type 1 in the "value data:" box. make sure Hexadecimal is selected and click "OK")

restart the PC and now annoying trending search section is gone!

edited Dec 01 '22 at 13:07

answered Dec 01 '22 at 13:05

nena

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This worked fine for me, Win 10 22H2, Feb 2023. It also removed "Microsoft Rewards" medal icon aside my account in the search bar though (not a problem for me). – hexaae Feb 05 '23 at 07:46
Not a problem for my use case but this fully disables searching the web from the search bar. Thank god though because I hate edge – mrblue6 Apr 27 '23 at 17:10
Too bad my corporate GPO won't let me add that new key. :( – RonJohn May 08 '23 at 14:48
Worked perfectly.
Didn't have to scroll through dozens of confusing and contradictory threads (which was what I got from a Microsoft answer to this question).

Thank you!

Dave Land

May 15 '23 at 06:02

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '22 at 08:34

In previous windows versions, disabling web results from search did the trick. I cannot test it on Win22H2, but it's worth a try. This will of course turn off the web search results when you're searching for something in the menu as well.

I prefer the registry way of doing this. It might require a restart of your computer:

1 - navigate to

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

2 - Set dword value to 0 to disable web search (or set to 1 to enable):

BingSearchEnabled: 0

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '22 at 02:48

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I have found no way to turn off the trending search that shows in the search box. Turning off "Show search highlights" does not remove it on my computer. I have toggled it several times rebooted in between and trending searches is always there.

answered Nov 16 '22 at 02:48

J W

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 13 '22 at 04:09

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AFAICT there is no way to disable it within the options. I've been trying to remove it myself, I find it extremely annoying/distracting

answered Nov 13 '22 at 04:09

tobydog

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This is just a false answer, Show search highlights disables the behavior the author asked about, I verified it myself. – Ramhound Nov 13 '22 at 04:39
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@Ramhound Turning off "Show search highlights" didn't disable "Trending searches" for me. – Random Person Nov 13 '22 at 10:06
It did for me 21H2 here… – Ramhound Nov 13 '22 at 12:24
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I'm specifically referring to the "Trending Searches" feature; search highlights as far as I can see is just to turn off the event specific highlights, like when there is a sports tournament or a holiday ‍♂️ But wouldn't surprise me if this behavior varied between versions. – tobydog Nov 14 '22 at 05:43
@Ramhound I'm using 22H2. – Random Person Nov 17 '22 at 00:53
Your question fails to indicate that fact. If i knew that 10 days ago I would have researched the question differently 10 days ago – Ramhound Nov 17 '22 at 01:08
@Ramhound I am sorry. – Random Person Nov 17 '22 at 04:09

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