Post #3916089
2026-07-18 17:19 UTC
We're making a bunch of improvements to search - including settings to turn off web or store results for those that would prefer not to use them
As always, appreciate your feedback 🙏
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/07/13/improving-windows-search-box-with-less-clutter-and-more-control/
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Replies (3)
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@jernej__s@infosec.exchange 2026-07-18 17:36
@JenMsft@mastodon.social Hopefully those will work – there's group policy settings that are supposed to disable web search in Start Menu, but they don't seem to do anything most of the time.
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@BabblingGeek@infosec.exchange 2026-07-18 19:23
@JenMsft@mastodon.social this was past due necessary. Start menu was becoming worthless for actually using my desktop.
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@patrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social 2026-07-18 20:56
@JenMsft@mastodon.social good, that stuff was never what i (and likely most people) expected or wanted from their OS' search