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Start menu 'web search' is the first thing I disable. Of all the stupid things in windows 10, web search is quite possibly the worst. It's a feature nobody wants except Microsoft.



This comment makes me realize I should go disable it right now. Thank you


Sadly in the latest win 10 update it's no longer a simple setting in group policy. You have to muck around in the registry.

https://www.howtogeek.com/224159/how-to-disable-bing-in-the-...


Create dword with value 0 for BingSearchEnabled in [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search]

I already had disabled Cortana, if not also create CortanaConsent dword with value 0


It may be because I am running a Windows Insider build (19008.1), but this registry tweak doesn't seem to work for me. Any other tips?




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