Turn off storage and display of search history

Policy ID
DisableSearchHistory
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
Microsoft Windows 8 or later
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › Search

Description

This policy setting prevents search queries from being stored in the registry. If you enable this policy setting, search suggestions based on previous searches won't appear in the search pane. Search suggestions provided by apps or by Windows based on local content will still appear.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will get search suggestions based on previous searches in the search pane.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • DisableSearchHistoryREG_DWORD

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