How to turn off search suggestions in Microsoft Edge

With the new Microsoft Edge, when you start typing a search query in the address bar, you'll get suggestions from your default search engine. If you don't want to see those things anymore, here's how to turn them off.

Disable search suggestions in Microsoft Edge

To get started, launch Microsoft Edge and click the Options button (three dots) in the upper right corner, then select Settings.

Click the Options button, then select Settings

Next from the Settings page, click Privacy and services . Scroll down on the page and select Address bar in the Services section near the bottom.

Select the Address bar in the Services section

Now on the next page, turn off the 'Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters' option .

Turn off the 'Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters' option

All operations are completed! When you type a search query in the address bar, you will no longer see a list of suggestions for your default search engine. However, you will still see suggestions from your search history as well as from your favorites.

Change search engine

Note that here, you can also change the search engine for Edge. It is set to Bing by default, but you can change it to any other tool you want, including Google or Duck Duck Go. To learn more about that, read TipsMake.com 's article about changing the default Microsoft Edge search engine.