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To control web results and suggestions in Windows 11 Search, run Microsoft’s Set-WindowsSearchSetting PowerShell cmdlet with -EnableWebResultsSetting $False to exclude them or $True to display them. On organization-managed devices, administrators can instead configure the DoNotUseWebResults policy. These controls are separate from Windows’ personalization of Start and search based on app launches.
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Microsoft documents Set-WindowsSearchSetting as a way to change Windows Search settings, including whether Search displays web results or suggestions. The -EnableWebResultsSetting parameter takes a Boolean value:
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$Falseexcludes web results and suggestions.$Truedisplays web results and suggestions.
Open PowerShell and run the command for the setting you want:
Set-WindowsSearchSetting -EnableWebResultsSetting $FalseTo display web results and suggestions instead, use:
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Set-WindowsSearchSetting -EnableWebResultsSetting $TrueMicrosoft’s cmdlet documentation is for Windows Server 2025 PowerShell. It documents the parameter’s behavior, but does not establish a universal Settings toggle or confirm the command’s availability and behavior on every Windows 11 build. Check the documentation and your device’s management context if the cmdlet is unavailable or the setting does not take effect: Set-WindowsSearchSetting (WindowsSearch).
Microsoft also cautions that the metered-network web-results parameter should not be specified when EnableWebResultsSetting is $False.
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Administrators can control web queries and results across managed devices with the DoNotUseWebResults Search policy. When enabled, it prevents Search from making web queries and displaying web results. When disabled, web queries and results are permitted; when the policy is unconfigured, users can choose.
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For this policy, Microsoft defines value 0 as not allowed and 1 as allowed/default. The allowed state permits web queries and results; it does not force them to display if the user has chosen otherwise. Avoid treating registry values from older or related policy documentation as interchangeable with this policy without accounting for their management and version context.
Do not confuse web results with search personalization
Windows 11 has a separate personalization control at Settings > Privacy & security > Recommendations & offers: Let Windows improve Start and search results by tracking app launches. Microsoft describes this as using apps you launch to personalize Start and make frequently used apps easier to access in Start and when searching your device. It is not documented as the switch for web results or suggestions. See Microsoft’s Privacy settings for Recommendations & offers in Windows 11.
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Which control should you use?
| Control | Scope | What it changes | Applicability |
|---|---|---|---|
Set-WindowsSearchSetting |
Windows Search configuration | Whether Search displays web results and suggestions | Microsoft documents the cmdlet and parameter behavior; the cited cmdlet page is for Windows Server 2025 PowerShell. |
DoNotUseWebResults policy |
Device-scoped, centrally managed | Whether Search can make web queries and display web results | Microsoft lists Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions; Windows 10 version 1803 and later, including Windows 11. |
| Let Windows improve Start and search results by tracking app launches | Personalization | Use of app-launch activity to personalize Start and device search | Windows 11 Settings path: Privacy & security > Recommendations & offers. |
A browser’s default search engine is a separate setting: changing it does not control web results shown by Windows Search. The cited Microsoft guidance documents the PowerShell and managed-policy controls, not one universal consumer Settings path for turning web results on or off across all Windows 11 builds.
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