Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box

Policy ID
DisableSearchBoxSuggestions
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Windows Components › File Explorer

Description


Disables suggesting recent queries for the Search Box and prevents entries into the Search Box from being stored in the registry for future references.

File Explorer shows suggestion pop-ups as users type into the Search Box. These suggestions are based on their past entries into the Search Box.

Note: If you enable this policy, File Explorer will not show suggestion pop-ups as users type into the Search Box, and it will not store Search Box entries into the registry for future references. If the user types a property, values that match this property will be shown but no data will be saved in the registry or re-shown on subsequent uses of the search box.

Registry

UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
  • DisableSearchBoxSuggestionsREG_DWORD

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