16 August 2016

How to Disable Cortana and Web Search in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

How to disable Cortana and web search in the Start menu of the Windows 10 anniversary update:
  1. Open the Start menu.
  2. Search for regedit.exe and press enter.
  3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search.
  4. If the Windows Search folder does not exist, create it by right-clicking on the Windows folder and then New > Key.
  5. Create the following entries by right-clicking in the empty space and using New > Key: AllowCortana, AllowSearchToUseLocation, ConnectedSearchUseWeb, ConnectedSearchUseWebOverMeteredConnections, DisableWebSearch.
  6. Leave all of them with the default value of 0, except for DisableWebSearch, which you need to right-click, Modify..., and set the value to 1.
  7. Allow some time for the changes to take effect.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFsjJjzUXfc

Image: http://i.imgur.com/RGyLKQr.png