How to Turn On or Off Search online and include web results from Bing in Windows 10
You can type what you're looking for in the search box (Win+S) on the taskbar. You'll get suggestions and answers to your questions, and search results from your PC (My stuff) and the Internet (Web).
If you turn on search online and include web results, search will use your previous Bing searches, and locations (if available) to improve search suggestions and provide web results. After you type a search term, you can click/tap on My stuff to find results for files, apps, settings, photos, videos, and music across your PC and OneDrive, or click/tap on Web to find results on the internet.
If you turn off search online and include web results, search will not provide web results, or use my location or online search history. After you type a search term, you can click/tap on Search my stuff to find results for files, apps, settings, photos, videos, and music across your PC and OneDrive.
Starting with Windows 10 build 18317, Microsoft separated Search and Cortana.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off search online and include web results from Bing for only your account when you do a search on the taskbar in Windows 10.
Bing "web" search results in Windows 10 is not available in all regions. It is available in at least the United States region.
If you disable (remove) Web search in Windows Search, it will also disable Search Highlights.
EXAMPLE: Bing "Web" search results turned on and off
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Here's How:
The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
DisableSearchBoxSuggestions DWORD
(delete) or 0 = On
1 = Off
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_On_Search_web_results.reg
Download
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_Off_Search_web_results.reg
Download
4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
7 Either restart the explorer process, sign out and sign in, or Restart the computer to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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