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Searches appearing in recent in the search bar that i did not search.

Anonymous
2024-03-21T14:31:40+00:00

This was recently after downloading the most recent windows update. On the night of march 19th, the day topic on the search menu of the windows app bar was the spring equinox(which is related to women/females/femininity if my memory is correct), I opened up the search bar in order to search "night light" to turn night light off. A few hours later i did the same thing in order to turn nightlight back on, but this time in the recent search tab there were 4 searches instead of 1(the nightlight search i did earlier), the three extra searches were "big boobs; big boobs sore after period; and a third I accidentally deleted before reading it" but i do remember it having the letter P multiple times, it was probably another period search. As a male I do not need to search for help with these problems, and as someone with common sense i wouldn't expect simply searching "big boobs" would provide me with period related help. First i thought was that it had something to do with copilot that was added the update before, since copilot is an AI tool, and maybe these are ai generated search "suggestions"??? I gave up as i had no idea why recent searches that i did not search appeared there. The next day on march 20th the day's search topic was "get cooking for easter" and this problem happened again, except it was a single recent search titled "easter menu planning" after seeing that i found the pattern. My problem has several patterns you(the Microsoft helper hopefully) can use for help, It appears in the recent search history, It seems to be at least slightly related to the day's topic, this only started happening after i updated, it's icon is the classic white circle with blue magnifying glass which is used to label searches, and that there's a chance they are ai generated. Please i need to know if this is a feature or not and if i can stop it somehow.

(update before posting: on march 21st the day's topic was "international forest day" AND YET AGAIN in the recent there was a search i did not do: "international forest day" this is the first search that is technically the exact same as the day's topic, so far the searches have been getting closer to the day's topic or that's the luck of rng)

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T06:38:35+00:00

    Hello Vianneytheguy

    Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

    When it comes to searches related to that day's topic appearing in your recent search history on Windows 11, this could be due to Bing search suggestions or intelligent algorithm-generated content. In some cases, Microsoft has designed daily holiday themes to display relevant holiday content on specific days to add to the holiday atmosphere. As for content that you have not searched for before in your search history, this may be the result of intelligent recommendations. The system will recommend relevant content based on your usage habits and current environment. These features are designed to provide users with a more personalized and convenient search experience.

    If you want to turn off these smart recommendation options, you can try the following steps:

    1. After clicking the search button, click on the three dots in the upper right corner.

    Select search settings. 2. You can choose the option that suits you, such as clearing your search history or turning off account linking.

    [![](https://learn-attachment.microsoft.com/api/attachments/2f44c0d8-8549-4f40-a00e-fddf2b7f494f?platform=QnA

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