restrict taskbar search to local computer, disable WEB

I have enabled the search bar in Windows 10 1903. I wonder if this is possible to restrict this search bar to the local computer and completely disable web searches. This web search launch Edge with Bing despite the fact that edge is not my default browser and bing not my default search engine.As I have the pro edition, I have already tried to play with the group policy editor but no option seems to effectively disable this; though some options seems to claims it. There are indeed options that claim to disable "web search" but web search in the taskbar remains active even after having enabled these options!

You can disable web search in the windows 10 taskbar with this batch script.

Code:

::  DISABLE WEB SEARCH IN THE WINDOWS 10 TASKBAR

@Echo Off

net sess>nul 2>&1||(powershell start cmd -ArgumentList """/c %~0""" -verb Runas & exit)

:_Start
Cls & Mode CON  LINES=11 COLS=70 & Color 0E 
Echo.
Echo.       
Echo         Type (D) to Disable Web Search in Windows 10  
Echo.       
Echo.
Echo.
Echo.         
Echo         Type (E) to Enable Web Search in Windows 10    
Echo.       



Set /p input= RESPONSE: 
If /i  Not %input%==D (Goto :_Ex) Else (Goto :_Disable)

:_Ex
If /i  Not %input%==E  (Goto :_Start) Else (Goto :_Enable)





:_Enable

Reg.exe Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "BingSearchEnabled"  /f
Reg.exe Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "AllowSearchToUseLocation"  /f
Reg.exe Delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "CortanaConsent"  /f


Cls & Mode CON  LINES=5 COLS=40 & Color 0E 
 Echo.
 Echo. 
 Echo            Enabling Web Search    

Ping -n 5  localhost > Nul

Exit





:_Disable

Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "BingSearchEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "AllowSearchToUseLocation" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
Reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" /v "CortanaConsent" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f

Cls & Mode CON  LINES=5 COLS=40 & Color 0E 
 Echo.
 Echo. 
 Echo            Disabling Web Search

Ping -n 5  localhost > Nul

Turn On or Off Search online and include web results in Windows 10

@dalchina i have posted this script at Turn On or Off Search online and include web results in Windows 10

@FreeBooter it seems to work, thanks.

Olive said:

I have enabled the search bar in Windows 10 1903. I wonder if this is possible to restrict this search bar to the local computer and completely disable web searches. This web search launch Edge with Bing despite the fact that edge is not my default browser and bing not my default search engine.As I have the pro edition, I have already tried to play with the group policy editor but no option seems to effectively disable this; though some options seems to claims it. There are indeed options that claim to disable "web search" but web search in the taskbar remains active even after having enabled these options!

Hi Olive.
I actually use and enjoy the search features of Cortana with my preferred search engine (startpage.com) and browser (Vivaldi).
If you prefer to not search the web at all, at the least this may prevent windows from launching a Bing search using Edge.

I currently use windows version 1809, however; I have used the following methods successfully with 1709 through 1809 to fix Edge and Bing so I never see them. I'm not certain if this will work properly with 1903 but might be worth a check.

Check this link.

How to Bypass Microsoft Edge in Windows 10