How to disable Taskbar search box on Windows 11

The Taskbar search box in Windows 11 is useful to quickly find files, apps, settings, and web results, it’s a giant visual element that takes up a lot of space that you can use to pin other apps for ease of use.

If you prefer not to show the search box you can also disable the Taskbar on Windows 11. In this guide, we will show you the steps to disable the desktop search box widget on Windows 11.

Here’s how you can disable the Taskbar search box

How to disable the Taskbar search box through the Settings app

Open Settings on Windows 11 > click on Personalization.
Scroll down > click on “Taskbar”.
Toggle off the “Search” setting.

How to disable the Taskbar search box from Registry

Open Start > search for regedit > click the top result to open the Registry Editor.
Copy the following path: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search > past it in the text field.
Double-click the SearchboxTaskbarMode key > set its value to 0.
Click the OK button > restart the computer.

Quick note: To select the Search icon only option set the value is 1, use 2 for the Search box, and 3 for the Search button option.

When the following steps are completed, the search box will be removed from the Taskbar on Windows 11, according to your setting selection.

However, you can still search using the “Windows key + S” keyboard shortcut or from the search box inside the Start menu.

Here’s how you can disable the Taskbar search box

Ali Hasnain