How Do I Permanently Disable Windows 10 Search?
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Hit Start, type “services,” and then click the result. On the right-hand side of the “Services” window, find the “Windows Search” entry and double-click it. In the “Startup type” drop-down menu, select the “Disabled” option. This will prevent Windows Search from loading the next time you start your computer.

Disable windows 10 search permanently

  1. Step 1 – Search services. msc in windows 10 taskbar search.
  2. Step 2 – Click on services.
  3. Step 4 – Double click on it. Choose startup type as disabled from the dropdown.
  4. Step 5 – Click on stop. Finally press OK.

Disabling Windows Search in Windows 8 and Windows 10

To temporarily stop the service, right-click and select Stop —next time you start up your computer, it will start running once again. This is great if the indexing process is affecting work you’re doing now, but doesn’t generally cause any trouble otherwise.

Chloe Bennett

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