Will Smith

I finally got frustrated with Bing results popping up in my Windows Start Menu searches. There's a registry key you can use to turn the "feature" off entirely. Hugely helpful: https://www.howtogeek.com/224159/how-to-disable-bing-in-the-windows-10-start-menu/

Here are the Windows 11 instructions: https://www.howtogeek.com/826967/how-to-disable-bing-in-the-windows-11-start-menu/

How to Disable Bing in the Windows 10 Start Menu

Windows 10, by default, sends everything you search for in the Start Menu to their servers to give you results from Bing search — so you better make sure that you don’t type anything private into your own PC’s Start Menu. Or, you could just disable the Bing integration in the Start Menu.

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Jan 6, 2023 at 9:32pmWeb
Show threadDevenish SmithJan 6, 2023

@will

Serious good tip, this is one of the first things I do when setting up a new system. Local search just works and anecdotally things feel more snappy afterwards.

Show threadWill SmithJan 7, 2023
@devenish That's been my experience.
Show threadRobert PrehnJan 6, 2023
@will Bless you for this.
Show threadNorbert KowallikJan 6, 2023
@will Thank you Will. One annoying thing less
Show threadthomas.Jan 6, 2023
@will oh my god thank you!