The video uses a one-click script. This page opens the bonnet: the exact registry key and value the script sets, how to apply them by hand or from the command line, and how to undo everything cleanly whenever you want.
A script you cannot see inside is a script you have to trust blindly. This guide removes the blindfold: it shows the precise registry change behind the video's one-click fix — the key, the value, the data — in a form you can copy exactly, verify in Registry Editor, and reverse in under a minute. It also covers the one placement mistake that makes this tweak silently do nothing.
The video's script does this in one click, but whether you run a script or edit by hand, the discipline is the same. Create a System Restore point first: search Start for Create a restore point, select your system drive, click Create, and give it a name you will recognise. A restore point turns any registry experiment into a two-minute rollback instead of a repair job. Second rule: only ever run registry scripts from a source you trust — the creator's own link in the video description — because a .reg file can write anywhere in the registry, and "fix" scripts from random download sites are a classic malware carrier.
regedit, and press Enter.HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\WindowsExplorer key under it, right-click Windows → New → Key and name it Explorer. The value must live inside the Explorer key — putting it directly under Windows does nothing.Explorer, right-click the empty area → New → DWORD (32-bit) Value, and name it exactly DisableSearchBoxSuggestions1.The command-line equivalent, from an ordinary Command Prompt, is one line: reg add "HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer" /v DisableSearchBoxSuggestions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f — useful when you are already working in a terminal. On Windows 10 builds older than version 2004, the equivalent switch was BingSearchEnabled set to 0 under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search; current builds read the policy value from step 4, which is the one to use today.
Changed your mind? The reversal is the mirror image. Set DisableSearchBoxSuggestions back to 0, or delete the value entirely, restart Explorer, and web results return exactly as before. An undo .reg file does it in one click — its only line under the same key is "DisableSearchBoxSuggestions"=-, where the minus sign means "delete this value". No app was installed, no system file was patched, and nothing else about your search setup changed — the index, your files and your settings were never touched. That clean reversibility is exactly why this route is the right way to do it, compared with debloat tools that rip search components out of Windows and cannot put them back.
The full video applies the same values with the creator's registry script — no manual editing, shown live.
▶️ Watch Full VideoCreate it. Right-click the Windows key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows, choose New, then Key, and name it Explorer. The DisableSearchBoxSuggestions value must sit inside that Explorer key — a DWORD placed directly under the Windows key is never read and the tweak appears to fail.
For the per-user key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER) your own account is enough. The machine-wide version under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE needs an administrator account, which is also why that variant belongs to IT admins rather than individual users.
No. Major Windows updates sometimes reset preference-style values. Just reapply the value or rerun the script. On machines where this keeps happening, the Group Policy deployment of the same setting is the durable answer, covered in the office guide in this set.