How to remove the Search Bar from IE7 ?

[Justin23]

Hi,

Somehow I apparently installed the Live search bar in IE 7. During install it added the toolbar to all explorer windows as well as internet explorer. How do I remove it? It is not listed in the addons.

[Salome]

There is a built in search box in Internet Explorer 7, but if you really do not want here is the solution.

1. Open Notepad and copy and paste the following code.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00  

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions] 
NoSearchBox=dword:00000001

2. Select Save As and give the file name as something like Remove_Search.reg.

3. Double click on this Remove_Search.reg to merge your registration information.

4. Restart all Windows Internet Explorer and Bingo from the search bar has been removed.

Now if you really need to return to the search bar annoying to the previous steps again with a single code change.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00  

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions] 
NoSearchBox=dword:00000000

[Icarusul]

Internet Explorer 7 does not allow users to remove the search box. There is no option built into the browser that allows users to customize the address bar in order to kill the search box, the former assistant search.

Despite that provides additional functionality to the browser, which extends the search capabilities and streamlines the workflow of users, the search box is not always a welcome addition. Users who have already installed a toolbar from one of the search providers now have two search bars available.