How to Change Windows 11 Search Bar to Icon Only/Hide
You can change the search bar displayed on the Windows 11 taskbar to a search icon or hide it by right-clicking the taskbar and selecting the “Search” selection box. This page introduces how to change the display format, such as the icon of the search bar in Windows 11.
How to change the display format of the search bar on the Windows 11 taskbar
You can change the search bar on the Windows 11 taskbar to “search icon only”, “search bar only”, or “hide” in the “Search” selection box in the taskbar settings.
Where to set the search bar display format
1. Open the taskbar settings
There are two main ways to open the taskbar settings.
■ Open from the taskbar
If you right-click on an empty space on the taskbar, “Taskbar settings” will be displayed, so click on it.
■ Open from personal settings
Right-click on an empty space on the desktop, click “Personal settings” in the menu, and when the setting screen is displayed, click “Taskbar”.
2. Select “Search” in the taskbar settings, where you can change the display format of the search bar.
Change search bar to icons only
2. As soon as you select “Search icon only”, the search display format in the taskbar will be changed to ” Search icon “.
2. As soon as you select “Search icon and label”, the search display format in the taskbar will change to ” Search bar only “.
Hiding the search bar and how to search
2. As soon as you select “Hide”, the search will disappear from the taskbar .
How to search when taskbar search is hidden
Right-click the “Windows” button and click “Search” in the menu to display the search screen.
You can also use the following methods to search.
- Press “Windows” + “S” on the keyboard to open the search screen
- Search from the upper box of “Start Menu”
- After pressing the “Windows” key on the keyboard, enter the “search word” as it is
Change search bar to default
To change the search view on the taskbar to the default view, select Search bar as the search view. 1. Click the search selection box and click Search Bar.
2. If you select “Search Bar”, you can immediately change the search display format of the taskbar to ” Default Search Bar “.
I can’t change the display format of the search bar
If you can’t change the look of the search bar, run a system repair, and if it still doesn’t work, edit the registry to change the look of the search bar.
Change search bar display after system repair
If you cannot change the display of the search bar due to a system problem, check the system with the command and try changing the search bar to an icon again. Please refer to the following page for system restoration.
Change the display of the search bar by editing the registry
If the display format of the search bar cannot be changed even by repairing the system, it may be possible to change the display format of the search bar by editing the registry. 1. Open Registry Editor.
- Press “Windows” and “R” on your keyboard.
- When Run opens, type regedit in the text box and click OK.
- Click Yes when the User Account Control warning appears.
“Run” can also be opened from Start.
2. When the Registry Editor opens, click the “>” icon next to the key name and expand it in the following order.
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER
- SOFTWARE
- Microsoft
- Windows
- Current Version
, then expand and click Search .
3. Double-click SearchboxTaskbarMode under Search to open the edit value.
4. Change the display format of the search bar by changing the number of “Value data” referring to the following.
- ” 0 ” hidden
- ” 1 ” search icon only
- ” 2 ” default search bar
- ” 3 ” search bar only
After changing the value (changing the display format of the search bar), click “OK”. 4. Check the visibility of the search bar on the taskbar. If not, restart your computer and check again.