[How To] Enable/Disable Site And Search Suggestions In Microsoft Edge

In Microsoft Edge, site and search suggestions are enabled by default. This means as you type in the address bar, the corresponding site and search will be automatically displayed. It will make your working experience better with Microsoft Edge. See the below mentioned screenshot, which describes suggestions appears as you type in address bar.

This article shows you how you can enable or disable these site and search suggestions as per your requirement. So here’s is the how-to part:

How To Enable/Disable Site And Search Suggestions In Microsoft Edge

Method 1 – Via Microsoft Edge Settings

1. Open Microsoft Edge, click on triple dots ( · · · ) at top right corner, and select Settings.

2. Then switch to Privacy & security section.

3. Under Privacy, turn On or Off the option Show search and site suggestions as I type to enable or disable the site and search suggestions in Microsoft Edge, respectively.

The settings you select here will be saved and applied immediately. If it doesn’t, you can restart Edge to make changes effective.

You can also disable site and search suggestions via registry manipulation, as mentioned in Method 2 below.

Method 2 – Via Registry

1. Press + R and put regedit in Run dialog box to open Registry Editor (if you’re not familiar with Registry Editor, then click here). Click OK.

2. In left pane of Registry Editor window, navigate to following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge\Main

3. In the right pane of Main registry key, look for registry DWORD (REG_DWORD) named as ShowSearchSuggestionsGlobal. Double click on this registry DWORD to modify its Value data:

4. Set the Value data to 0 to disable site and search suggestions, or set it to 1, to enable site and search suggestions. Click OK after inputting your choice. Close Registry Editor and reboot to make changes effective.

That’s it!