HATE THIS - Windows Search "Top Apps" - How do I remove it?

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Is it possible to remove the "Top Apps" section of Windows Search.

I'm using

and the what I need removed is

I really hate anything to do with search history and that sort of thing and I really hate seeing this every time I try to do a search.

Please help.

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Anonymous

Just right click on the taskbar, go to Search and click on Hidden. Then to search all you need to do is to hit the Windows key and type your search.

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Kapil Arya 38,491 Volunteer Moderator

Hello,

There is no direct method to disable Top Apps (as of Version 2004), however you can try this workaround to skip Top Apps:

Right click on Taskbar and select Search > Hidden.

Now simply click on Start button or press Windows key and type your search query. This way you can skip Top Apps on the search fly-out you are seeing.

Hope this helps!

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Anonymous

2019-06-16T21:34:02+00:00

First thing you need to do is to update your computer to the latest build. 18362 is now up to 18362.175.
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Martmcd 19,990 Reputation points Independent Advisor

2019-06-16T21:49:04+00:00

Hi ��.

I agree, I don't need to see the apps I use all the time, I know where they are.

unfortunately we (users) cannot remove them.

please make the suggestion to the development team using the feedback hub (winkey+F) - they do read the feedback, they may not see it here.

if you post a link back here I will vote for it and it will help others find it.

in the mean time don't use the search icon, click start and type the search term - still has far too much superfluous information but (at the moment) does not include the top apps.

if you prefer that and want to remove the search icon, right click on the task bar and select search, hidden.
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Anonymous

2019-06-20T07:36:10+00:00

I hate it too. I have voiced my opinion in feedback too. It is in the latest build as of June-2019. I am digging around inside Windows, trying to figure out a way to remove it. There is a setting that is off that applies to something similar, but apparently MS didn't put one to disable top apps. I believe I turned off just about everything I could find. I am looking on the web to find a solution too, and when I do, I will Post it here.

This TOP APPS, and other **** like that, that is also in MS STORE, IE Top Apps, and all their other little antics about what other people like is BS.

I really don't care about TOP APPS, TOP GAMES< Favorite games, popular games, and/or apps. TO ME it is redundant repeating the same thing in different words.

I can see TOP Rated, but all the other labels they put for filters is plain Bull.

This isn't the only place on the web that I found someone complaining about TOP APPS. Maybe I will ASK VG about it. He seems to find a solution to stuff and maybe Winaero may have a solution too, as I use their Tweaking to turn off all kinds of stuff in Windows 10.. And what really pissed me off, is after the update that installed that extra **** in Search(desktop), they reset all my personal settings, everywhere and reset my Index settings, etc etc etc.
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