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How to Remove Search Bar Image on Windows 11
A few clicks here and there and you’re good to go.
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Updated onJuly 25, 2024
updated onJuly 25, 2024
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On Windows 11, you can see a cute little graphic sitting nicely on the search bar on your taskbar. Once clicked, you can search for apps, settings, or documents or even pull out a link to an internet search if you’re connected.
However, some users find the graphic unpleasing. They consider it one of Microsoft’s many advertisement attempts, even if Microsoft calls it Search Highlights, and you can customize it in deployment tools for companies, mainly to substitute the image for the company’s logo.
If you relate to that situation, this article is for you. It explains how to remove the search bar image on Windows 11.
How to remove the search bar image on Windows 11?
From Windows Settings
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Go toSettings➜Privacy & Security.
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Scroll down toSearch permissions.
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Scroll down until you seeMore settingsand a toggle belowShow search highlights. Turn that off.
In the meantime, if you havetrouble setting up the size of your taskbar on Windows 11, we’ve prepared a simple guide for you.
From Taskbar settings
If you’re an Outlook user, don’t miss our guide onremoving app search bar from Outlook. We also have a guide onhow to remove Learn about this picture on Windows 11.
Please let us know if you find these tips helpful in the comments.
Rafly Gilang
Rafly is a journalist with growing experience, ranging from technology, business, social, and culture. A holder of the Romanian government scholarship, his writing has been published in several local and national publications.
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