Replace cortana icon with search icon in Windows 10 v1607
To disable Cortana and get the old search icon back, start regedit.exe, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search
, create a new 32-bit DWORD
value here named AllowCortana
and leave its value data as 0.
After a reboot you see the Cortana Logo is gone and the local search opens:
Since Windows 10 v1803 (Build 17134) you also need to add the DWORD BingSearchEnabled
and CortanaConsent
to 0
under the mentioned key.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search]
"BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000
"CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000