How to remove Microsoft Edge's new Bing toolbar icon
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Soldato
Was wondering about this, don't mind icons usually but it is so out of place.
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You’re not the only to notice and I couldn’t see how to remove it either. It’s all beginning to get a bit too pushy for me.
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Latest Edge Canary build added option to hide Discover icon.
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Since Edge got updated i found all games to be throttling card and a lot crashes and freezes too. Found out it was efficiency mode in performance which was turned off. I turned it on and games are running normal now.
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Soldato
Good.
One thing that really annoys me about Microsoft is the way they constantly attempt to force people to their will. I prefer the "good old days" when I had to pay for the OS rather than this junk they supply now. I would probably use Edge if Microsoft were not constantly stealing all my the data (damn those persistent Microsoft cookies!!). And who on earth thought up the name Bing? I mean, seriously, that's as bad as calling an assistant "Cortana" - I mean we all know the story of Cortana, don't we? The implanted personal assistant that was actually a controlling spy!
Microsoft rant over..
Anyway, thatks for the fix. I do use Edge now and then (for two websites that don't work with any other browser) so it's useful to remove the Bing sh***
One thing that really annoys me about Microsoft is the way they constantly attempt to force people to their will. I prefer the "good old days" when I had to pay for the OS rather than this junk they supply now. I would probably use Edge if Microsoft were not constantly stealing all my the data (damn those persistent Microsoft cookies!!). And who on earth thought up the name Bing? I mean, seriously, that's as bad as calling an assistant "Cortana" - I mean we all know the story of Cortana, don't we? The implanted personal assistant that was actually a controlling spy!
Microsoft rant over..
Anyway, thatks for the fix. I do use Edge now and then (for two websites that don't work with any other browser) so it's useful to remove the Bing sh***
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Browser games or all games?
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When i say all games i meant just normal PC games i never play browser type games but this update has a lot problems.
Oh okay, do you have Edge open when you game or is this background processes?
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Soldato
Seems a bit extreme... I would rather just make sure you turned off startup boost and continue running background extensions in Settings -> System and performance to make sure it's actually not running when closed.No. I always make it a point to restart PC when ever i go to start a game.
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Soldato
Not only this, but the shopping icon defaults to showing American items, well played MS.
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no luck yet trying to change the icon to something more suitable, but there has to be a way?
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I don't use Edge other than to browse retail perks as the perks website (work perks) only works on Edge, so the bing additions were highly annoying!
Soldato
Latest Edge stable build now has option to hide Discover icon.
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I'm not a huge Edge user. I only reinstalled it about a week ago. The video in the OP worked for me for about a day, then the Bing button was back again. I found this simple reg edit online this morning and it worked straight away. Didn't even need to reboot my PC. Time will tell how long it lasts I suppose.
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You can just remove it in settings now