Bing | Safety and privacy | Adult content and SafeSearch
Tools and settings that filter and block explicit or inappropriate content from search results.
Not for me. There is no "safesearch off" in the settings.
Bing safesearch stuck at "strict" on Edge
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Anonymous
Recently, I discovered that when I browse Bing using Edge on my desktop, SafeSearch appears to be fixed on "strict" when it was "off" previously.
When I attempt to change this setting, I see the following message with no options to change SafeSearch permissions:
"Your country or region requires a strict Bing SafeSearch setting, which filters out results that might return adult content."
I live in the US, so this is definitely incorrect. Using a VPN to switch countries does not allow me to change the setting.
I am able to change SafeSearch settings when using a different browser and/or using a different device and Edge, so the issue appears to be specific to my desktop and Edge. I am using a Windows 10 Education key that I bought almost 5 years ago.
How do I turn off SafeSearch when using Edge on my desktop?
Edit: Only solution was to move to a different Windows 10 version. Seems to be an issue with Windows 10 Education and usergroup policy. I'm not IT savvy enough to find out how to change that, so the nuclear option of downgrading to a different version of Windows 10 was my only option. Hope this helps others that have this issue.
Bing | Safety and privacy | Adult content and SafeSearch
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2023-12-12T00:57:21+00:00 this worked
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Don Varnau 19,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2023-12-04T23:48:50+00:00 So I check and it says US and the browser is Microsoft edge and I’m I don’t know if it’s a education edition one but when I bought it it did not say it was a education.
Another message due to an edit.
>it says US
Are you in the US?
Do you have multiple browsers installed? Is Safe Search forced on you with Firefox or Chrome?
Hit [Windows key+r] type in winver and hit enter. Is Education mentioned?
Don
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Anonymous
2023-12-04T21:52:19+00:00 So I check and it says US and the browser is Microsoft edge and I’m I don’t know if it’s a education edition one but when I bought it it did not say it was a education.