Policy
Turn off storage and display of search history
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows8
This policy setting prevents search queries from being stored in the registry. If you enable this policy setting, search suggestions based on previous searches won't appear in the search pane. Search suggestions provided by apps or by Windows based on local content will still appear. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will get search suggestions based on previous searches in the search pane.
Internal name
DisableSearchHistory
Policy ID
54a18b2dccd3
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User | Path SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer Value name DisableSearchHistory | REG_DWORD | HKCU 1 | HKCU 0 |
Registry location
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
DisableSearchHistory
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.