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Turn off display of recent search entries in the File Explorer search box

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer

Value name: DisableSearchBoxSuggestions

Enabled: DisableSearchBoxSuggestions = 1

Disabled: DisableSearchBoxSuggestions = 0

Description

Disables suggesting recent queries for the Search Box and prevents entries into the Search Box from being stored in the registry for future references. File Explorer shows suggestion pop-ups as users type into the Search Box. These suggestions are based on their past entries into the Search Box. Note: If you enable this policy, File Explorer will not show suggestion pop-ups as users type into the Search Box, and it will not store Search Box entries into the registry for future references. If the user types a property, values that match this property will be shown but no data will be saved in the registry or re-shown on subsequent uses of the search box.