7 Easy Ways to Get Bing Off Your Computer

Do you want to get Bing off your Windows 10 or 11 computer? Fortunately, removing the search engine from Microsoft is a pretty straightforward process. There are multiple things you have to do. This wikiHow article teaches you how to get Bing off your Windows computer and web browsers.

Removing Bing from Windows

Change the default search engine in your web browser to one that's not Bing, such as Google or DuckDuckGo.
If Bing has installed apps on your computer, you can uninstall them like any other programs. If you run into trouble, you can also remove them from the registry.
You can disable Bing features in the Windows 11 taskbar, including the ability to search with Bing.

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Removing Bing from Chrome

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Open your Settings in Chrome. You can get there by clicking the three dots (⋮) at the top-right corner and selecting Settings.
It's in the panel on the left side of your screen next to a magnifying glass.^{[1]
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Click Change. It’s next to your current default search engine.
Click the radio option next to whichever search engine you want to use. You can use DuckDuckGo, Google, Yahoo!, or Ecosia.
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Click Set as default. It’s at the bottom of the window. This sets the search engine you selected as your default search engine.

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Removing Bing from Edge

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Click the icon with three dots (•••) in the upper-right corner, then click Settings.
It's on the menu on the left.
You'll see this under the "Services" header.
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Click Address bar and search. It’s at the bottom of the menu.
Click the drop-down menu and select something like Google or DuckDuckGo.
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Click Search engines. It’s the second option at the bottom of the menu.
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Select a new search engine as your default search engine. To do so, click the icon with three dots (•••) next to a search engine and click Make default, then click the back arrow at the top to return to the previous page.^{[2]
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- If the search engine you want isn’t listed, click Add search engine at the top of the page. Enter the search engine name (i.e., “Google,” “DuckDuckGo”), the search engine shortcut (i.e., “google.com”), and the search query URL (i.e., “https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s”). And click Add.
- You cannot remove Bing from your list of search engines. You can only remove it as the default search engine
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Click Search suggestions and filters. It’s the last option in the Search Engines settings menu.
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Disable all features. Most of these features use Bing–clicking the toggle switch next to each option will disable them. The options are as follows:
- Show search and site suggestions based on your typed characters: This option uses Bing to find website and search suggestions as you type.
- Show suggestions from history, favorites, and other data on this device using your typed characters: This option allows Edge to display suggestions based on your history and favorites. You can leave this option on or off.
- Customize suggestions: Select “More history” for this option to rely less on Bing.
- Show me trending searches from Microsoft Bing: You’ll definitely want to turn this option off.
- Search filters: This allows Edge to narrow your searches based on filters you’ve chosen.
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Change the settings for "Search on new tabs uses search box or address bar." By default, this is set to "Search box," but that'll result in a Bing search.
- Change this to "Address bar" to use your preferred search engine instead of Bing.
You'll see this on the menu on the left side of the page.
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Set your Home page. If you see a Bing page, click Delete. Otherwise, enter a page you want to set as your Home page and click Save.
- You can also select “Open new tab page” at the top, or “Open tabs from previous session.”

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Disabling Bing Extensions

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The steps to toggle extensions are similar for every web browser. In most cases, you will click the icon that resembles a puzzle piece at the top of your browser, then click the option to manage your extensions.
Simply toggling the extension off means it can easily be turned back on, so you aren't done.
This will remove the extension from your browser completely. However, it can easily be reinstalled.^{[3]
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Removing Bing from Windows 11 Taskbar

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Open Settings. Press Win + i or click the gear icon in your Start menu.
- Use this to get rid of Bing in your Windows 11 Start menu as well as the icon in the taskbar.
It's in the menu on the left side of the window.
This is the last option under the "Windows permissions" header.
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Disable Search Highlights. Click the toggle switch next to “Show search highlights”. It’s the second option at the top of the page.
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Turn off your Microsoft account. It’s the first option below “Search my accounts.” This disables searches from your Microsoft account, which includes Bing.
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Disable work or school account (optional). It’s the second option below “Search my accounts.” This disables searches from your work or school accounts, if you have one.
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Open the General Privacy Settings. To do so, click Privacy & Security in the menu bar to the left. Then click General at the top of the page.
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Turn all the toggles off. Click the switches next to each option so they are grey and say "Off." he options are as follows:
- Let apps show me personalized ads based on my advertising ID: This disables targeted advertising within apps you install on Windows.
- Let websites show me locally relevant content by accessing my language lists: This disables websites from showing content based on your languages.
- Let Windows improve Start and search results by tracking app launches: This disables Windows from suggesting searches based on how often you use various apps.
- Show me suggested content in the Settings app: This disables suggested content from appearing in the Settings menu.
- Show me notifications in the Settings app: This turns off notifications in the Settings app.

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Uninstalling Bing Apps

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Open Settings. Press Win + I or click the gear icon to launch Settings on your Windows 10 or 11 computer.
It's in the Settings window. Doing so opens a list of your computer's installed apps.
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Click Installed Apps. It’s the first option at the top of the page.
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Sort the programs by date. Click the item next to the "Sort by" heading (usually Name), then click Install date in the resulting drop-down menu. This will prompt the most recently installed apps to appear at the top of the menu.
- You can skip this step if the Bing problem hasn't started recently.
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Look for suspicious programs or apps with the word "Bing" in them. There isn't a specific set of criteria to look for, but you should watch for toolbars or programs you don't remember installing. The following programs are also known to install Bing:^{[4]
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- Babylon
- Bing Bar
- Bing.Vc
- Bing Protect
- Conduit
- Search Module
- Search Protect
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Click the icon with three dots ••• next to a program. This displays a drop-down menu.
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Click Uninstall. It's in the menu that appears when you click the icon with three dots.
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Click Uninstall when prompted. This will confirm your decision and launch the uninstallation process for the selected program. Once the program has officially been uninstalled, you can try changing your browser's default search engine to see if the program was responsible.^{[5]
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- Depending on the program, you may need to navigate through an uninstall wizard.
- If attempting to change your browser's default search engine doesn't work, you may need to uninstall a different program or adjust your browser's shortcut options.

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Adjusting Browser Shortcuts

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Find your browser's shortcut. Look for the shortcut on your desktop. If your browser's shortcut isn't on the desktop, this part doesn't apply to you.
- This part doesn't apply to Microsoft Edge, as you can't adjust the shortcut properties for Edge.
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Right-click the shortcut. Doing so will prompt a drop-down menu.
- If your mouse has no right button, hold Ctrl as you click.
- If your computer uses a trackpad instead of a mouse, use two fingers to tap the trackpad or press the bottom-right side of the trackpad.
It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu. This will open the Properties window for your browser's shortcut.
You'll find it at the top of the Properties window.
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Review the "Target" text box. This text box is in the middle of the window. You should see a line of text that ends with .exe" in this text box, but there shouldn't be any text after the closing quotation mark.
- To see additional text, you may have to click the "Target" text box to place your mouse cursor in it and then press the right arrow key to scroll right.
If you spot any extra URLs or commands after the ".exe" in the Target text box, highlight and delete the extra text. This includes anything that has dashes (such as "--") followed by any keywords.
It's at the bottom of the window. Doing so will save your changes and exit the Properties window. This should prevent the shortcut from launching a specific program or website in the future.
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Repeat this process for any other web browsers on your computer. Even if you don't use the other browsers often, check any browser shortcuts for any extra URLs or commands that can override the homepage for your web browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.
- You cannot adjust the shortcut properties for Microsoft Edge.

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Editing the Registry for Windows 11

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Open Registry Editor as admin. To do this, click Start or press the Win key on your keyboard and type "regedit.” When the Registry Editor pops up, right-click it and select Run as administrator.
- Only do this if you're comfortable editing files that could cause your computer not to work properly. If you edit the registry incorrectly, you can damage your computer.
- Use this method if you have Windows 11 and want to eradicate Bing completely. The above method prevents Bing from appearing in your taskbar and search menu. However, the Bing icon is still visible in Edge. This edit makes that icon disappear.
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Navigate to the Microsoft folder. Use the following steps to do so:
- Double-click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Double-click SOFTWARE.
- Double-click Policies.
- Double-click Microsoft.
- If you see an Edge directory, skip the next step where you create a new "Edge" folder.
To do so, Right-click Microsoft and select New > Key. Name it "Edge" and press Enter on your keyboard.
To do so, right-click anywhere inside the Edge folder and select New > DWord (32-bit). Value."^{[6]
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Name it "HubsSidebarEnabled. Make sure it's spelled exactly as it is here with the same capitalization.^{[7]
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- The default value is 0. If not, double-click the value and enter "0" under "Value data:"
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Open Edge and go to edge.//policy. This page will list every policy from the Registry. If the policy you just created is not there, click Reload Policies at the top of the page.^{[8]
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- You'll see the "HubsSidebarEnabled" key under "Policy Name" and the Bing icon will no longer appear in the top right corner of your browser.^{[9]
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