How to remove the search hover menu?


Georgia_

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I already disabled search box suggestions and removed the Bing search results. (Thank you for those threads!) But, I still get a few items when hovering over the search icon on the taskbar. (See the attached screenshot.) Does anyone know how to remove that and still keep the search icon on the taskbar? I'd like to keep the icon, because I'm accustomed to using it. But, those hover menu items are invasive, and they show up as soon as you go to use the icon! This is Windows 11 Home Version 21H2, Build 22000.556.
 

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Did you check the following:
Settings -> Personalization -> Taskbar and under "Taskbar behaviors" there's an option for "Show recent searches when I hover over the search icon" that you can turn off.

Not sure that'll help.

 

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Did you check the following:
Settings -> Personalization -> Taskbar and under "Taskbar behaviors" there's an option for "Show recent searches when I hover over the search icon" that you can turn off.

Not sure that'll help.
I don't get that option! (See the attached screenshot.) Also, I never searched for those things, so I don't think they're coming from recent searches. Maybe MS is testing some AI thing (or something or other) with those three items?
 

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You didn't list your Windows 11 version, sorry about that... the option I mentioned is in a newer (beta) build, thought it was older
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro β
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg0070wm
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7
    Memory
    32 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel® Iris® Xᵉ Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
  • Operating System
    macOS Ventura
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Apple iMac 27" 5K (2017)
    CPU
    3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
    Memory
    40 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon Pro 570 4 GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" 5K, 34" UW
    Screen Resolution
    Mon 1: 5120 × 2880 Mon 2: 2560 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    32GB NVME, 1TB SSD
Wow, I'm blind, I just noticed that at the end of your original post... It's been a long day.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro β
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg0070wm
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7
    Memory
    32 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel® Iris® Xᵉ Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
  • Operating System
    macOS Ventura
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Apple iMac 27" 5K (2017)
    CPU
    3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
    Memory
    40 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon Pro 570 4 GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" 5K, 34" UW
    Screen Resolution
    Mon 1: 5120 × 2880 Mon 2: 2560 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    32GB NVME, 1TB SSD

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