Policy
Turn off Internet search integration
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting allows you to turn off Internet search integration. Search integration includes both using Search Provider (Japanese Microsoft IME) and performing bing search from predictive input for Japanese Microsoft IME. If you enable this policy setting, you cannot use search integration. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the search integration function can be used by default. This policy setting applies to Japanese Microsoft IME. Note: Changes to this setting will not take effect until the user logs off.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path software\policies\microsoft\ime\shared Value name SearchPlugin | REG_DWORD | HKCU 0 | HKCU 1 |
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.