Turn off suggestions for all user-installed providers: registry value ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobalUserHKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

Policy ID: SearchDisableUserSuggestions
Scope: Computer Configuration, User Configuration
Supported on: At least Internet Explorer 8.0
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: Windows Components › Internet Explorer

Registry

ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal

REG_DWORDUserComputer

…\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopesHKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes Current key
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

Enabled value: 0

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

UserPer-account setting

Enabled

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal"=dword:00000000

CMD · Enabled

reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes" /v "ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell · Enabled

New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes' -Name 'ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null

ComputerMachine-wide setting

Enabled

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal"=dword:00000000

CMD · Enabled

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes" /v "ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

PowerShell · Enabled

New-Item -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes' -Force | Out-Null
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes' -Name 'ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null