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tomscharbach
May 31, 2021Bronze Contributor
How to Turn Off Edge/Bing "Recommendations"
Microsoft seems to have recently increased the number of Edge/Bing popups making "recommendations" about how to use Edge -- "do this", "do that", "try this", "try that". If you, like me, prefer t...
vesmirov
Aug 31, 2025Copper Contributor
This option is no longer available in edge policy settings, however there is a solution by creating a new policy through regedit:
How to disable Bing search suggestions in Microsoft Edge:
- Win+R → regedit
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft
- If there's no Edge folder - create it (Right-click → New → Key)
- In the Edge section create a DWORD (32-bit) parameter:
- Name: ShowRecommendationsEnabled
- Value: 0
- Restart Edge
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#showrecommendationsenabled