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

Anonymous
2019-06-16T21:25:43+00:00

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
2019-08-18T03:39:45+00:00

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 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2020-08-03T12:07:42+00:00

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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  1. Neil D 34,335 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2019-11-14T14:04:27+00:00

    Just type snip in Search the snipping tool should still be there.

    If you just press the winkey you don't see any previous history. That's all I do but if you mean you want to click in Search and not see any history then that's another story. (no fix)

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-11-14T13:49:39+00:00

    Just an update.

    • Now managed to remove "XBox Game Bar" and "Your Phone" apps by using Powershell as Administrator.
    • Now found another "improvement".  Snipping Tool that was a simple and effective piece of software has been replaced in the 1903 version by Snip & Sketch. Another complicated thing that I could do without. I wonder if it's possible to revert to the previous tool.
    • Still can't fix the Top Apps in the searchbar problem that this post was originally all about. Has anybody succeeded yet?

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-09T13:50:33+00:00

    not yet, still working on it.

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