If you want to switch off or adjust the Windows 10 or Windows 11 search and the indexing behind it, it’s very easy. We’ll show you the available options.
- Customize Windows 10 search
- Turn off search indexing temporarily or permanently
The search function in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is a powerful tool for quickly finding files, settings or content from the Internet.
Windows 10 uses Microsoft’s search engine Bing for online searches. Local data, on the other hand, is recorded by an indexing service in the background so that search queries produce results as soon as you type them.
Since this cataloging is constantly changing and large amounts of data can slow down the PC, some users prefer to switch off Windows 10 indexing. The disadvantage is that this significantly slows down searches for files in the system.
Customizing Windows 10 search and optimizing for performance is usually the better way. Our detailed instructions show you how to do this. If you still want to switch off the indexing of the Windows 10 search, you will find the necessary steps directly afterwards.
If you want to completely switch off search indexing in Windows, you can do so with the following steps.
In this separate guide, we’ll tell you how you can make Windows 10 faster without deactivating indexing. We will also show you how you can create backups of your hard drive or individual files in Windows 10 & Windows 11.
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