Windows 11 Search Gets a Major Upgrade to Finally Clean Up Results

Microsoft is rolling out new Windows 11 settings that let users remove Bing web results and Microsoft Store suggestions from Search.

Key points

• Microsoft confirmed in November 2023 that it would remove Bing integration from the Windows Search pane for EEA users and allow Edge to be uninstalled.
• New Windows 11 Update is Turning Screens Black and Breaking Mouse Cursors.
• The European Commission has additionally begun enforcing the Digital Markets Act with financial penalties, including an €890 million fine against Google.
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• For Windows users, the practical result is simple: Search can now be kept entirely local, without Bing web results or Microsoft Store recommendations.

Meanwhile, the options are arriving through an optional August update and are being enabled gradually. Microsoft Finally Fixes One of Windows 11's Most Annoying Prompts. Two New Search Toggles.

Windows 11 now includes two separate controls under privacy settings. While the other turns off Microsoft Store suggestions, one toggle disables Bing web results. With both disabled, Windows Search only looks at content stored locally on the device.

For context, the change can additionally produce Search faster since Windows no longer waits for an online Bing request before displaying files, apps, and settings already stored on the computer.

Meanwhile, the Search home screen becomes cleaner as well, with trending searches and promotional content removed.

Search results now additionally indicate whether an item came from a file, app, setting, or the web.

New Windows 11 Update is Turning Screens Black and Breaking Mouse Cursors. The feature is being introduced in stages.

As Microsoft is enabling them gradually on devices that already have the required code, installing the optional August update does not necessarily create the toggles appear immediately. Europe Obtained the Option Much Earlier.

For context, the feature itself is not new for users in the European Economic Area.

Those changes were introduced to comply with the Digital Markets Act. It had a full compliance deadline of March 6, 2024. Windows is classified as a core platform service under the regulation.

Users outside the EEA have had to wait around two and a half years for a similar option to arrive.

In practice, the wider rollout follows a broader pattern in which features such as browser choice screens, uninstallable apps and stronger respect for default settings appear first in Europe under regulatory requirements before afterwards reaching other markets.

In practice, the European Commission has additionally begun enforcing the Digital Markets Act with financial penalties, including an €890 million fine against Google.

For Windows users, the practical result is simple: Search can now be kept entirely local, without Bing web results or Microsoft Store recommendations. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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