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How To Fully Remove and Block Bing Search Engine and MSN From Your Windows PC

Many Windows users find Bing and MSN services to be intrusive or simply prefer using other alternatives. If you want to fully remove and block Bing search engine and MSN services from your Windows PC, this guide provides step-by-step instructions to do so.

Remove Bing Search from Windows Search and Start Menu

  • Open the Registry Editor by pressing Windows key + R, typing regedit, and hitting Enter.
  • Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer.
  • Create a new DWORD value named DisableSearchBoxSuggestions and set its value to 1.
  • Restart your PC for changes to take effect. This will remove Bing web searches from Windows Search.

Alternatively:

  • Download the .reg file from this link to disable or re-enable Bing in Start Menu with a double click.

Uninstall MSN Apps

  • Open Control Panel > Uninstall a Program.
  • Find and uninstall apps related to MSN like MSN Weather, MSN Sports, etc.

Block MSN Website

On Windows Hosts File

  • Open Notepad as Administrator.
  • Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file.
  • Add 127.0.0.1 www.msn.com and save changes.

This will block access to MSN website.

On Router Firewall

  • Access your router admin interface.
  • Navigate to firewall or access control settings.
  • Add a rule to block access to MSN website.

Remove Bing from Web Browsers

Google Chrome

  • Click the 3-dot menu > Settings.
  • Click Search engine > Manage search engines.
  • Remove Bing from list and make Google the default search engine.

Mozilla Firefox

  • Click the 3-line menu > Options.
  • Go to Home section.
  • Change default search engine to Google and remove Bing.

Microsoft Edge

  • Click the 3-dot menu > Settings > Privacy, search and services.
  • Under Address bar and search, change default search engine to Google.

Block Microsoft Accounts

Using Group Policy Editor:

  • Press Windows key + R and type gpedit.msc.
  • Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search.
  • Enable the policy Don’t search the web or display web results in Search.

This will block web search results, including Bing, in Windows Search.

Conclusion

By following these steps to remove Bing search engine and block MSN services, you can fully customize Windows search and browsing experience to your liking. Using firewall rules and Group Policy further restricts these services.

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