Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You definitely want to change these Windows Settings from their default.
Here's the command prompt command to remove web results from start menu searches:
* reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /v DisableSearchBoxSuggestions /t REG_DWORD /f /d 1
* To put it back to default, change the last one (1) in the command to a zero (0)
Windows 11 has a ton of default settings that are pretty annoying or just not ideal. A lot of them are privacy settings, but there's also a bunch for convenience or for features that aren't even enabled by default. In this video I go over a bunch of the easy low-hanging-fruit you can change to improve things. I show you exactly where to find them and what to change, whether it's enabling or disabling each one.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Setting #1
0:55 - Setting #2
1:34 - #3–5 Advertising Settings
2:25 - #6–7 Diagnostic Settings
3:10 - #8–9 Search Settings To Change
4:09 - #10 Power Settings
4:46 - #11–13 Notification Settings
5:55 - #14 Recovery Setting
6:37 - #15–16 Start Settings
7:14 - #16 Windows Update Setting
7:54 - Setting #17
8:40 - Setting #18
9:16 - Setting #19
9:52 - Setting #20
10:38 - Bonus: Disable Start Menu Web Results
11:24 - PSA About Running Commands
You definitely want to change these Windows Settings from their default.
Here's the command prompt command to remove web results from start menu searches:
* reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /v DisableSearchBoxSuggestions /t REG_DWORD /f /d 1
* To put it back to default, change the last one (1) in the command to a zero (0)
Windows 11 has a ton of default settings that are pretty annoying or just not ideal. A lot of them are privacy settings, but there's also a bunch for convenience or for features that aren't even enabled by default. In this video I go over a bunch of the easy low-hanging-fruit you can change to improve things. I show you exactly where to find them and what to change, whether it's enabling or disabling each one.
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - Setting #1
0:55 - Setting #2
1:34 - #3–5 Advertising Settings
2:25 - #6–7 Diagnostic Settings
3:10 - #8–9 Search Settings To Change
4:09 - #10 Power Settings
4:46 - #11–13 Notification Settings
5:55 - #14 Recovery Setting
6:37 - #15–16 Start Settings
7:14 - #16 Windows Update Setting
7:54 - Setting #17
8:40 - Setting #18
9:16 - Setting #19
9:52 - Setting #20
10:38 - Bonus: Disable Start Menu Web Results
11:24 - PSA About Running Commands
