--- title: Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store... description: Windows 11 is gradually rolling out two new privacy toggles that let users disable Bing web results and Microsoft Store suggestions in Windows Search, an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/windows-11-adds-toggles-to-remove-bing-results-and-store-suggestions-from-search-n7fqjm9ek twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search | daily.dev og:description: Windows 11 is gradually rolling out two new privacy toggles that let users disable Bing web results and Microsoft Store suggestions in Windows Search, an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/windows-11-adds-toggles-to-remove-bing-results-and-store-suggestions-from-search-n7fqjm9ek og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n7fQJM9EK.png og:image:alt: Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Windows 11 adds toggles to remove Bing results and Store suggestions from Search **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Windows 11 is gradually rolling out two new privacy toggles that let users disable Bing web results and Microsoft Store suggestions in Windows Search, an optional August update spotted by Digital Trends and Windows Latest. Turning both off speeds up local search and strips trending searches and promotional content from the results. The same control already existed in the European Economic Area since March 2024 to comply with the Digital Markets Act deadline; the rest of the world is only now getting it, roughly thirty months later. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I turn off Bing web results in Windows 11 Search? Windows 11 added two toggles under privacy settings in an optional August update: one disables Bing web results and the other disables Microsoft Store suggestions in Search. Turning both off makes Search look only at local files, apps, and settings, and results are labeled by source (file, app, setting, or web). The rollout is staged, so installing the update does not enable it immediately. _Track how Windows Search features like this actually roll out to your machine on daily.dev._ ### Why did Bing disappear from Windows Search in Europe before anywhere else? Microsoft removed Bing from the Windows Search pane for European Economic Area users to comply with the Digital Markets Act, which set a full-compliance deadline of 6 March 2024, announced in November 2023 alongside the ability to uninstall Edge. The same toggle only became available to users elsewhere roughly thirty months later, in an optional August update. _Follow how EU regulation reshapes global software defaults over on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Microsoft starts testing cleaner Windows Search without ads](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-starts-testing-cleaner-windows-search-without-ads-7vfjzdizz) · BleepingComputer · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Windows Search will stop searching your embarrassing typos on Bing](https://daily.dev/posts/windows-search-will-stop-searching-your-embarrassing-typos-on-bing-anhugyw3f) · XDA Developers · 32 upvotes · 9 comments - [Improving Windows Search Box, with less clutter and more control](https://daily.dev/posts/improving-windows-search-box-with-less-clutter-and-more-control-xbecpci2b) · Windows Blogs · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I've complained about Windows Search for years, and Microsoft's latest fix addresses every frustration at once](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ve-complained-about-windows-search-for-years-and-microsoft-s-latest-fix-addresses-every-frustrati-rjvjbuomt) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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