Microsoft is letting you kill Bing in Windows 11 Search, after years of forcing it on every PC

Windows Search is a hot mess when it mixes local results with web results, even when you’re trying to find something on your PC. For example, if you search for an app in Windows Search, it might surface a web result instead. Although it happens rarely, there are other occasions where Search prioritizes Bing. Microsoft has heard your feedback, and it will now let you kill Bing entirely.

Microsoft recently acknowledged that today’s Search is far from an ideal experience, and it told us that it’ll prioritize local results over the web, even when you type just two characters.

We were able to verify the changes in preview builds, and while it’s a great improvement, that doesn’t mean Bing won’t invade the search results. Thankfully, Microsoft is aware of the concerns around Bing, and now a new Windows Search that lets you toggle off web search was quietly teased at a private Windows…