This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Visual Search hover menu in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Visual Search is a feature in Microsoft Edge that lets you search for images on Bing.
Visual Search lets you quickly explore more related content about entities in an image.
Visual Search is available by default via image hover menu, context menu, and Alt+Shift+S keyboard shortcut.
You can turn on or off to Show hover menu on image hover, and add or remove sites to have the hover menu turned off for.
Contents
- Option One: Turn On or Off Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge in Settings
- Option Two: Turn Off Hover Menu in Microsoft Edge from Hover Menu
- Option Three: Turn On or Off Hover Menu for Sites in Microsoft Edge in Settings
- Option Four: Turn Off Hover Menu for Site in Microsoft Edge from Hover Menu
EXAMPLE: Visual Search on hover menu in Microsoft Edge
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Setting and more (Alt+F) 3 dots button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Perform an available action below: (see screenshot below)
- (Old) Click/tap on Appearance in the left pane, click/tap on Context menus under "Other appearance settings", and click/tap on Hover menu.
- (New) Click/tap on Appearance in the left pane, and click/tap on Browser behavior and features under "Other appearance settings".
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Under Visual Search, turn On (default) or Off Show hover menu on image hover for what you want. (see screenshot below)
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Hover on an image to show the hover menu. (see screenshot below)
3 Hover on the Visual Search button at the top right corner of the image to show the Settings (3 dots) button.
4 Click/tap on the Settings (3 dots) button.
5 Click/tap on Hide always or Disable for all sites.
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Click/tap on the Setting and more (Alt+F) 3 dots button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below)
3 Perform an available action below: (see screenshot below)
- (Old) Click/tap on Appearance in the left pane, click/tap on Context menus under "Other appearance settings", and click/tap on Hover menu.
- (New) Click/tap on Appearance in the left pane, and click/tap on Browser behavior and features under "Other appearance settings".
If you do not see a left pane, then either click/tap on the 3 bars menu button towards the top left OR widen the horizontal borders of the Microsoft Edge window until you do.
4 Do step 5 (add) or step 6 (remove) below for what you want.
5 Add Site to "Hover menu is turned off for these sites" List
A) Click/tap on the Add button. (see screenshot below)
B) Type the URL for the site you want to add, and click/tap on Add. (see screenshot below)
6 Remove Site from "Hover menu is turned off for these sites" List
A) Click/tap on the Remove site from this list (trash can) button next to site you want to remove. (see screenshot below)
1 Open Microsoft Edge.
2 Hover on an image on a site to show the hover menu. (see screenshot below)
3 Hover on the Visual Search button at the top right corner of the image to show the Settings (3 dots) button.
4 Click/tap on the Settings (3 dots) button.
5 Click/tap on Hide for this site or Disable for this site.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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