{"id":49220,"date":"2023-02-24T14:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/?p=49220"},"modified":"2023-02-24T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T14:26:45","slug":"remove-bing-search-and-ads-from-windows-start-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/49220\/remove-bing-search-and-ads-from-windows-start-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Bing search and ads from Windows Start menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, the Windows Start menu also displays results from Bing when searching. This is not always desirable and is questionable from a privacy point of view.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/49220\/remove-bing-search-and-ads-from-windows-start-menu\/#Bing_search_results_in_Start_menu\" >Bing search results in Start menu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/49220\/remove-bing-search-and-ads-from-windows-start-menu\/#Video\" >Video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/49220\/remove-bing-search-and-ads-from-windows-start-menu\/#Disable_Bing_search_results_in_Start_menu\" >Disable Bing search results in Start menu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/49220\/remove-bing-search-and-ads-from-windows-start-menu\/#Start_menu_without_Bing\" >Start menu without Bing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bing_search_results_in_Start_menu\"><\/span>Bing search results in Start menu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If we search something in the start menu of Windows, Bing is also questioned and search results are displayed. That is, when in doubt, a private search ends up at Microsoft, both in Windows 10 and Windows 11.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"558\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_1.jpg 806w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_1-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Video\"><\/span>Video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DiFgesc-dpQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Disable_Bing_search_results_in_Start_menu\"><\/span>Disable Bing search results in Start menu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The disabling can be done quite easily via the registry editor. We type &#8220;regedit&#8221; in the Start menu. Then we navigate to the following key:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nHKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Search\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Here we now create a new DWORD value.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"751\" height=\"457\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_2.png 751w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_2-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The value gets the name &#8220;<code>BingSearchEnabled<\/code>&#8220;, we leave the value at 0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"259\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_3.png 426w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_3-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Start_menu_without_Bing\"><\/span>Start menu without Bing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A restart is not required, the change is effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"829\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_4.png 829w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_4-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bing_ads_en_4-768x293.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By default, the Windows Start menu also displays results from Bing when searching. 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