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How to remove bing AI search from Windows 11 search bar?

I already changed the "search permissions" settings, including the "more settings" ones. I have also uninstalled chrome by running some commands i found. And still, when i open the ...
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Remove the new Copilot search icon from the Windows 11 task bar

This new Copilot Preview icon just showed up in my taskbar. How do I remove it?
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How to remove Windows 10 Bing / Copilot recommendation from search

For quite some time now I have this annoying Recommended section pop up in my search (when clicking the search bar), suggesting me to try out "the new Bing" with "Your AI-powered ...
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Search Issue After Disabling Windows 11 Bing Search

I have encountered a problem where I couldn't access environment variables after disabling Bing search via: + R → Open: regedit → OK Created new DWORD BingSearchEnabled with value 0 within: HKCU\...
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Is there a way to view Bing images without the feed?

I want to load bing.com/images without having a bunch of images pop up. A blank screen like Google. And without logging in. I don't want to just have uBlock hide them, I want it so they don't have to ...
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How can I change the default (system) search engine for windows 10?

I would like to change the default system search engine from Bing to Google. I don't mean the default search engine of any browser, but the search engine that is used when searching in the windows ...
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How do I get rid of the AI bing search option on Windows 11 [duplicate]

Not sure when this fun feature nobody asked for appeared, but I'm not fond of it and find it useless 100% of the time. Does anyone know how it can be removed or hidden? They should really take a ...
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Eliminate Bing as Lock Screen app

I see options for changing the Lock Screen to a picture or a slide show in the "Personalize" popup; what I'd really like to be able to do is see the pretty pictures but not have them use ...
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how can I stop chrome going to the bing.com search engine when chrome starts up?

how can I stop chrome going to the bing.com search engine when chrome starts up? Let's say I start Chrome, by clicking the chrome icon in the start menu, or going to "C:\Program Files (x86)\...
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How to remove Bing, from the universe?

I recently moved from Chrome to Edge. Great browser, except it wants to force feed you Bing. I've changed my default search engine to Google. However, I still can't remove bing from Edge homepage or ...
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Forced Bing redirect

I use Google Chrome on my work computer and my personal one. Like a month ago I started to notice a weird behaviour, when I was using google to search something. If i changed the search criteria ...
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Turn off Bing chat bot on Microsoft Edge

How do I turn off this annoying chat bot which opens up every time on Bing (on Microsoft Edge)?
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Bing is popping. How shall I fix it?

Whenever I google something. Bing automatically searches the same thing. Please help me how shall I fix it. It appears like this:
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How to disable web search in search icon windows 10

Go to Windows Defender Firewall settings > Advanced setting > Outbound rules> Windows Search > properties > block the connection > apply > ok. This is working for me. 100%. Any ...
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How to create a default Google query string

I'm not very technically-minded, but looking for a way to simplify some work processes. Is there a way to create a specific Google query string that I can operate by default? As a (very) crude example ...
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Bing's Search Engine but Google's New Tab on Google Chrome

Is it possible to make Bing the default search engine but keep Google's new tab page? If so, how can I do it? I prefer Bing's search engine over Google's, but prefer Google's new tab page over Bing's. ...
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Issue connecting to Azure Cognitive Services Bing Web Search API-'Resource Not Found'

I cannot connect to Azures Bing Web Search API though Cognitive Services. I followed everything in the setup guide but when i run the QuickStart script with freshly created subscription key and ...
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Block Bing Search on Windows 10 build 1903

I found answers about modifying the registry with "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search" for 1803, but in 1903 the registry keys dont seem to exist, or have been moved. ...
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Why are there different versions of Bing Translate on Excel 2016/2019?

I using Bing Translate built inside Excel. I am using Excel 2019 at the moment but I think this problem happens in other versions too. In some computers, the interface looks like this: In this ...
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Why does my search engine switch to Bing? (Browser redirect)

Using Windows 10 Home. I have Google set as the default search engine (see image 1). However, when I enter a search term in the address bar, Google returns some results, which are cleared about 1 ...
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How do I block Windows access to Bing search?

I'd like to block, NOT disable access to Bing's Internet search via Windows search. I've tried with OpenDNS and while it blocks the Bing domain via a browser, access to "search the web" via Windows ...
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How to permanently disable Bing translator on Chrome?

Chrome 59.0 64-bit on Windows 10. Recently there has been a change to the international version of Bing. The URL has been removed from global.bing.com/?FORM=HPCNEN&setmkt=en-us&setlang=en-us ...
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What is the correct format for Firefox build `--with-bing-api-keyfile`?

I try to build firefox with specifying a bing API key (ac_add_options --with-bing-api-keyfile=</path/to/keyfile> in the .mozconfig). However, when configuration runs, I get the error ERROR: Bing ...
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Bing search: Exact sentence with quotation marks

I using Bing.com for searching some text in the internet. In most of cases, I using this search query: "This is my exact text" This working as expected. Additionally, sometimes, I need to search ...
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How can I stop IE from treating URLs as Bing searches?

My org requires me to use Internet Explorer for our primary browser. A few times a day, when I key in a URL into the address line in IE (currently using v.11) it gets treated as a Bing search term, ...
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What type of QR Code is generated by the Bing QR Code Generator [closed]

http://www.bing.com/widget/t/qrcode Type in a number like 12345 - you will get a QR Code shown on the right. Now go to a site like https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/ Type in 12345 in Free Text ...
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How do I remove Bing from my new tabs page on Internet Explorer?

Bing is now in my new tabs page, apparently the result of some hack, which I removed. I deleted the Bing Bar but Bing is still on my new tabs page. How do I remove it?
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Why is Bing indexing https links instead of http?

Today I have used Microsoft's search engine Bing for the first time. Mainly to search for my own website and check the results. The weird problem is that Bing shows some of my site links with https. I ...
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How to create Windows 8.1 with Bing installation media?

I've read somewhere that I can modify a Windows 8.1 Core image so that it could be installed as Windows 8.1 with Bing and activated with my Lenovo G50-70's BIOS key. It has something to do with this: ...
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Windows 8.1 With bing activation

Yesterday i bought a acer switch 10 and i want to install a clean copy of windows 8.1 to it. There is a product key in the UEFI bios and windows should take the key from it but i tried to install Pro ...
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How to exclude search results that match a URL instead of the content of the URL

Is there a way to tell major search engines to ignore search results where the matching phrase is in the URL itself and not the content of the URL? This came up while thinking about The First Number ...
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Bing Desktop not updating the wallpaper anymore

For some reason, first my workstation and then my tablet stopped updating the wallpaper. First I thought it was my company that was avoiding the app to work properly but then I started noticing that ...
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Removing Bing from my Google search bar when I open a new tab

Bing has rudely planted its self on my "open new tab" so above Bing my regular Google is there but below is the irritating Bing search bar! I have tried everything I know of to get rid of it and it ...
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Can I remove Bing maps from Outlook 365 ProPlus?

I was just upgraded to Office 365 ProPlus and now have "Bing Maps" showing up in my emails. Is there a way to remove/disable this from Outlook?
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Bing Search search box cursor jumps to end when you type

When I type in the search box in Bing the cursor jumps to the end. To reproduce: do a search when you are at results page, click on search query box (the editbox with my query), at the middle press ...
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Bing Desktop local image folder

Bing Desktop used to store images at C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\BingDesktop\themes\. After the latest update to 1.3.395 the images are no longer stored there. Did anyone find the new ...
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Red fonts in bing search

When I search using Bing, some results are returned in red fonts. Please help me understand what is this indicating? Below is the snapshot illustrating it. Thanks
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Context-menu search doesn't work for Bing

In IE11, when I select text, right-click and choose Search with Bing, I always wind up at my ISPs DNS search page. Hovering over Search with Bing (or any link) shows the URL down below: URL IE is ...
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Windows 8 travel only selected photos download for storing & printing

Some of the photos on Windows travel (Bing travel) application are too good. I want to store those selected photos for PERSONAL use and print. Normally right click with Save Image as .... should ...
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Bing New Tab Page on Chrome

For a long while, my computer had the default new tab page, which I liked. Recently, it has turned into a bing search bar tab. I hate bing. I checked all my settings, removed unused extensions, ...
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My computer automatically opens Bing when it boots [duplicate]

Whenever I boot my Windows 8 computer, my default browser (Chrome, though this happened while IE was my default browser) opens up and automatically opens the Bing homepage. What's causing this and how ...
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Bing Wallpaper Downloader

I want to use the Bing Wallpaper for my ipod Touch 5G. I know there is no app out there that can do that. Apple has not provided anyone with API's to dynamically change wallpapers off a feed or ...
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Backspace on Bing removes two characters

I am using Windows 8.1 with IE 11. Whenever I hit backspace in the Bing search bar it removes two characters. This happens ONLY on the search bar (main page, top of search pages) NOT on any other ...
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Why does Windows 8 open Bing.com by itself?

My Windows 8 Laptop will open Bing in IE by itself. It makes a request to: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=219472&clcid=0x409 which then directs to http://www.bing.com Changed ...
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Bing predictive search in Chrome doesn't work

I recently changed my default search engine in Chrome to Bing custom search (http://www.bing.com/search?setmkt=en-US&q=%s). After this, I am not able to use predictive search in Chrome. It seems ...
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Can I uninstall Bing completely from Windows 8? [duplicate]

Windows 8.1 is a pain, but Bing is a bigger pain, and I would love to remove the annoyance as it serves no purpose for me, except possibly for Microsoft. If I uninstall it completely, will it cause ...
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Firefox on windows 8 shows a Bing toolbar when new tab is requested

Firefox 19.0.2 suddenly opens a new tab with a Bing toolbar rather than the page with small pictures of one's favorite websites. I just want to stop this happening. What is Microsoft up to?
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Bing search page locks up (the front page, not results)

I'm encountering a strange problem. I've been using the Bing search engine for a while now, and have been happy with it. I still am. However, starting either last night or early today, when the ...
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Bing image as lockscreen for Windows 7

Bing my lockscreen is an application for Windows 8 which sets the lockscreen to the Bing wallpaper of that day. Is there any similar application or method by which my Windows 7 lockscreen can be set ...
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Disable or remove Bing in Windows 8 [closed]

First of all, this is only for the release version of Windows 8, not the beta, not RT nor any other version. If disabling the "Bing" subsystem is not possible then maybe there is a removal process? ...
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