Comments on: Remove the Built-In Search Bar on IE 7

By: Underdog

Underdog — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:48:55 +0000

Thank you! I just can’t figure out why this was a bit hard for me to find! Hey if you are searching for Internt Explorer search box removal or a way to remove the search box in IE8 (as well as IE7), this is the page for you. And yes I am saying get rid of the search box in internet explorer 8 several times in order to encourage sites like google and yahoo to come here and find this great registry fix!

By: Connman

Connman — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:01:25 +0000

It worked for me in IE8. One annoyance down and several to go!! Oh, and my Compatibility button is still up there…

By: Chronia

Chronia — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:42:22 +0000

Will this work for IE8 too?

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:28:09 +0000

Thank you so much!!! I’ve been trying to get rid of that box FOREVER! I’m not “registry” literate, so it was a great help. Thanks again.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:12:22 +0000

Thanks. I just use Google as my home page. Works good. I like my computer to be lean and clean: few icons on the desktop, and a black background. I run as little software as possible on my computer. I don’t use quickstart or whatever they call it, and I keep my active programs tray clean, too. Every so often I go through the startup menu and shut off (or is that shut up) as much as possible, and then some. So thanks for helping me clear another item from the screen.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:16:59 +0000

Article is the best! I really hate it when microsoft does this annoying stuff. A couple clicks a registry change and all is well!

By: agnostic-stigmata

agnostic-stigmata — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:12:45 +0000

Thanks for this article. I just wanted to mention that this works with internet explorer 8 as well but it also removed the compatibility view tab/button from address bar for some reason.

By: BlazeEagle

BlazeEagle — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:20:18 +0000

In IE7, Goto the Tools option accross the top of the screen. Then, The first tab that includes the Home Page entry will have a Search option where you can change the default search provider.

I hope that helps.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:41:44 +0000

Thank you for this. Folks, If you’re use to a good search engine, removing this IE crap is a real help. I found myself being tricked constantly over the past few days … id paste something in the IE search bar and the results were junk… Id then realize that was an IE search and id have to hit the home button and redo the search with my prefered search engine provider…

Thank you again for posting this and saving me time !

By: Hanzl

Hanzl — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:49:15 +0000

Great tip to get rid of that very annoying searchbar. Pity there is no hack (yet) to resize the addressbar and move it where you want. One of the reasons i dont use IE 7 at home..:)