How to turn recent search history on or off in Windows 11

Microsoft has added a recent search history feature that appears in the Start menu pane. The recent search history feature notifies users of items that have been recently accessed or searched for on their Windows system.

Most users find it convenient because they don't have to remember or recall the files they were looking for recently. However, seeing it when opening the Start menu will irritate some of them.

In this article, we will show you how to make it disappear from the Start Menu. If you are interested in learning more about how to disable it on your PC, read this article.

How to turn recent search history on or off in Windows 11

Let’s see how to disable recent search history on your system with the following simple steps.

1. Press and hold the Windows I key at the same time to open the Settings application on your system.

2. Then, click the Privacy and Security option on the left side of the Settings app window.

3. Scroll down the Privacy & Security page on the right and click Search Permissions under Windows Permissions.

#4. At the bottom of the search permissions page, you will find Search history on this device records in the History section.

5. Click its toggle button to turn it on to enable it as shown in the image below.

6. If you want to disable it, click on it to turn it off as shown below.

7. If any user just wants to delete all search history, just click on

Clear Device Search History.

#8. When finished, close the Settings application window.

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