8.1. Permissions & History
Disable SafeSearch
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionSearchSettings
SafeSearchMode
DWORD
0
Prevent filtering of results by Windows Search. Note the GPO only applies to Windows versions before 10.
1
moderate, 2
strict.
Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference
8.1.1. Cloud content search
Disable Cloud content search
Disable both Microsoft account
and Work or School account
searching.
GPO
Computer Configuration › Administrative Templates › Windows Components › Search › Allow Cloud Search
☑
DISABLED
Enabling the policy and setting Disable Cloud Search
has the same
affect.
Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference
Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionSearchSettings
IsMSACloudSearchEnabled
DWORD
0
IsAADCloudSearchEnabled
DWORD
0
MSA
handles Microsoft accounts, AAD
handles Azure Active Directory
accounts (work or school accounts).
Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference
8.1.2. History
Disable Search history on this device
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersionSearchSettings
IsDeviceSearchHistoryEnabled
DWORD
0
Updated: 2021-02-19 Reference