How to Disable Bing Web Search Results in Windows 10 Start Menu

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to disable bing web search results in windows 10 start menu. When you perform a search from the Windows 10 Start menu, you may have noticed that it not only offers you results that are locally on your computer but also from Bing, Microsoft’s search engine.

While it may be convenient, disabling Bing in the Windows 10 Start menu has several benefits as well. First of all, you’ll be able to browse search results much more easily (without being polluted by Bing search results).

Also, if you are logged in with a Microsoft account, you should know that your searches are transmitted to Microsoft and listed here. So if you don’t want to share your browsing history with Microsoft, you know what you have to do.
 

 
And finally, if you have a slightly older computer, you will notice in the future that the search results will appear much faster.
 

 

How to Disable Bing Web Search Results in Windows 10 Start Menu

Step 1: To disable Bing web search results in Windows 10 start menu. Right-click on the Start button, select Run.
 

 
Step 2: Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
 

 

 
Step 3: After that, navigate to the following Registry key:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search

 
Step 4: Right click on the Search registry key, then select New and DWORD (32-bit) value.
 

 

 
Step 5: Name this new value “BingSearchEnabled” and leave its default value at “0”.
 

 
Step 6: Then, look for the value named CortanaConsent, then double-click on it. Also set its value to “0” and validate with “OK”. If the value does not exist, you must create it by right-clicking, then New and DWORD (32-bit) value.
 

 
 
That’s it! You have just disabled Bing search in the Windows 10 Start menu.