Disable Search Box Web Suggestions in Registry(explorer restart)¶

Last Updated: 2024-08-07

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Description¶

Disables web suggestions when searching using Windows Search.

Preview Code

{
  "Content": "Disable Search Box Web Suggestions in Registry(explorer restart)",
  "Description": "Disables web suggestions when searching using Windows Search.",
  "category": "Features",
  "panel": "1",
  "Order": "a016_",
  "feature": [],
  "InvokeScript": [
    "
      If (!(Test-Path 'HKCU:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer')) {
            New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer' -Force | Out-Null
      }
      New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Explorer' -Name 'DisableSearchBoxSuggestions' -Type DWord -Value 1 -Force
      Stop-Process -name explorer -force
      "
  ],
  "link": "https://christitustech.github.io/winutil/dev/features/Features/DisableSearchSuggestions"
}

Invoke Script¶

      If (!(Test-Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer')) {
            New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer' -Force | Out-Null
      }
      New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer' -Name 'DisableSearchBoxSuggestions' -Type DWord -Value 1 -Force
      Stop-Process -name explorer -force

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