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Bing Discover Button - Can't get rid of it
I can auto-hide the bar, but can't remove the icon.
Am I just missing something or was this really designed with no way to remove it as well?
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- Correct. Microsoft decided not only to install it without our consent, but they made sure there was no way to remove OR disable it. Customers loovvveee when companies make decisions without consulting them. It's our favorite thing. It's how you get loyal customers... said no customer ever.
But good news: IT'S POSSIBLE TO REMOVE!
I had Microsoft Support walk me through it yesterday. It looks more complicated than it is. I didn't save what he said verbatim, but I did locate the steps on this page. If you ever decide to re-enable it (hahahaha hahaha ha....) you can just delete the DWORD you create?
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/how-to-remove-the-bing-chat-button-from-microsoft-edge Bimmr I couldn't find an option to remove it in settings either which is unacceptable really. You shouldn't need to force users to use something - if that something is any good, people will choose to use it.
In my case, I clicked that discover button and asked the AI how you remove it ... and it duly responded explaining exactly how I can remove it. There were a few options it offered, I went for the add this "--disable-features=msUndersideButton" to the Edge shortcut.
Problem solved 🙂
You can use option four or five in the tutorial below to remove the Bing Discover button from Microsoft Edge. Option four does also disable the sidebar.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-or-remove-sidebar-and-discover-bing-toolbar-icon-in-microsoft-edge.4247/
Setting the "HubsSidebarEnabled" policy with a registry key means people will no longer be able to use DNS-over-HTTPS, as it will be disabled.Hmm, that's not mentioned in the documentation from Microsoft below. Option five in the tutorial would be a better choice for them then.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#hubssidebarenabled
- I've noticed the same thing. I don't see a way to disable it without using a command line or GPO policy, which is frankly unacceptable.
db1080 Agreed. Those ####### at Microsoft put in options like this that THEY want without taking into consideration what the actual users want. Bing sucks, it always has and always will. Google is the far superior search engine and the last thing I want is an added button on the browser for something I will never ever use. Not putting in an easily accessible option to get rid of an unwanted button is equally unacceptable and a violation against the users. When will these people learn to stop including meaningless fluff like this?
- It's really a shame... I am giving Microsoft 1-2 months to get an update to remove this ugly unwanted button or else I am moving to Google Chrome forever.
