bing offers to search for something directly from the lock screen

Question

Bing from the edge suggests that I Google something in the edge. And this appears (screenshot)

Who has experienced this? How do I remove this from the lock screen? "Interesting windows facts" is disabled in the lock screen settings. Personalized advertising in edgework too. I think it's easy to delete it, if at all possible, just not to see this horror.

Windows 10 pro 22h2

Answer 1

Hi,

Are you referring to the suggestions shown on the Windows Spotlight lock screen? If so, did this start appearing only recently, or has it been there all the time? Please share the screenshot again so I can check whether it can be removed or not.

Answer 2

To remove Bing suggestions from the lock screen in Windows 10, you can follow these steps:

1. Turn off Spotlight at sign-in:
   • Go to Settings > Personalization > Lock screen.
   • Set Personalize your lock screen to Slideshow.
   • Turn OFF the option Show the lock screen background picture on the sign-in screen.
2. Disable Spotlight extras:
   • In the same menu, turn off Get fun facts, tips, tricks, and more.
   • Go to Settings > System > Notifications and turn off tips.
   • Go to Settings > Privacy & security > Diagnostics & feedback and turn off tailored experiences.
3. Clear Spotlight cache:
   • Press Win + R, type %localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets, and delete all files in this folder (this is safe to remove).
   • Restart your PC.

Following these steps should help you disable the unwanted Bing suggestions from appearing on your lock screen.