# Any way to remove the search bar on my task bar W10?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592 "2023-10-15T12:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592/1 "2023-10-15T12:04:22Z")

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After an unplanned update from Microsoft (while i was asleep) I got that annoying search bar on my taskbar back. I havent seen it for years, but now i got it back. Its even got an ugly profile pick next to it ☹ Is there a quick way to remove it?

I tried to right click on it to check if there was any options to remove there, but my windows knowledge has dwindled, and i was not able to immediately find something obvious to click there.

Any ideas will be helpful.

Thanks, Logs.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592/2 "2023-10-15T12:46:59Z")

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Right click on the task bar, click on Search, and uncheck Show Search Bar.

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**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592/3 "2023-10-15T12:51:55Z")

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Thank you, worked!

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**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592/4 "2023-10-15T16:14:14Z")

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I just attempted to remove it but somehow in the search pull-down it wouldn’t let me uncheck the “show search box” option.

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592/5 "2023-10-15T17:42:40Z")

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You need to click on “Hidden”.  
You either select “Hidden” or “Show search box”, rather than selecting and un-selecting each one.  
It’s very confusing and non intuitive. (ie crap)

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**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-remove-the-search-bar-on-my-task-bar-w10/991592/6 "2023-10-15T21:41:40Z")

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Got it, thanks. 👍