How to Enable or Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11

Enable or Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11

Microsoft Introduced a new feature in Windows 11 called Search Highlights. It is a Great Feature in Windows 11 to highlight Interesting and informative Content in the Windows 11 search.

There is also an option for the user to show or hide the content on the right side of the Windows search. When the option is on, windows show Highlights of that Particular day. This helps the user find valuable content in the Windows search.

Many users did not like this feature, Because they were not interested in showing this informational content in the search results. So, In this article, I will tell you How to Enable or Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11?

Steps to Enable or Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11

This blog or article will help you to turn search highlights on or off in Windows 11. Let’s Discuss it.

There are two methods or steps (to turn search highlights on or off in Windows 11), which are the following;

1. Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11 via Settings
2. Disable Search Highlights on Windows 11 via Registry Editor

1. Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11 via Settings

In this method, we will use the Setting of Windows 11 to Disable Search Highlights. The Step-by-step method is followings;

1. In the first method, we will Click the Start Button and Open Settings of Windows 11.

2. In the Second Step,   Click on the Privacy & Security Option in the setting.

3. In the 3rd Step, scroll down and click on the Search Permissions Option.

4. In the Last Step, turn off the toggle for Show search highlights in search Permissions.

That’s it. You can disable the Search Hights on your windows. If you want to show Highlights on your windows, you have just the Show Search Highlights option.

2. Disable Search Highlights on Windows 11 via Registry Editor

In the Second Method, We will use the Registry Editor to turn off the Search highlights in Windows 11. Let’s start with the First Step.

1. In the First Step, Click on the Windows 11  Start Button and Search “Registry Editor.”

   

   2. In the second Step, Search the Below Path on the Registry Editor app.

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SearchSettings

   

   3. In the 3rd Step, find the IsDynamicSearchBoxEnabled key.

   

   4. Double-click on IsDynamicSearchBoxEnabled and set Value to 0. Press “OK “and Restart your Computer.

   

   5. In this way, you can disable Search Highlights. If you want to enable it, set 1 on the value data and Press “OK.”

   In these Steps, You can use the Registry Editor to turn off the Search highlights in Windows 11.

These Above methods will help you enable or Disable Search Highlights in Windows 11. Window Highlights is an Excellent Feature in Windows 11. But it is up to you to turn Windows Highlights on or off.

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