Windows 8 – Disable internet search results from the search window

Windows 8 users may have noticed something weird when searching for programs and documents – there's internet results appearing below.

For most people this is just annoying and unnecessary – and could easily be seen as a ploy by Microsoft to direct more traffic to their Bing search engine.

The good news is it's easily disabled by following the steps below.

 

1. Press the Windows key + C or slide the right of the screen to open the Windows charms window
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3. Click on 'Settings'
4. Click on 'Change PC settings'
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6. Click on 'Search and apps'
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8. Under 'Get search suggestions and web results from Bing' move the slider to 'Off'
9. Now the search results are just files and programs – no more Internet search results
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