Block Windows 10 search bar

Block Windows 10 search bar

1. On the web console, go to Settings > BrowseControl > click on the “Modify Filtering List” button

  1. Add searchapp.exe to the filtering list

  1. In BrowseControl, add bing.com to the URL Filter’s Blocked list OR add search engines to the Categories Blocked List


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