How to disable Bing button in Microsoft Edge

This post will show you how to disable Bing Chat/Discover button in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge’s latest version comes with new features and improvements, including Edge Copilot. This feature integrates AI-powered chat and content creation in the browser. However, this feature may not excite some users, and they may want to disable it. Keep reading this post to learn how you can do it.

How to disable Bing button in Microsoft Edge?

Currently, there isn’t any setting available to disable the Bing Discover button in the top right corner of Microsoft Edge, but you will see it soon.

Hide the Bing Discover button on Microsoft Edge

To disable the Bing Discover button on Microsoft Edge, take the following steps:

1. Launch Microsoft Edge
2. Type edge://settings/sidebar into the URL box and hit Enter
3. Locate App specific settings
4. Click on the Discover section
5. Toggle the button against Show Discover to Off position

If you do not see this in your Edge, update your browser and see, or else follow the other solutions.

Use Command Line Argument

Here’s how you can remove or disable Bing button (Discover) in Microsoft Edge using command line argument:

1. Open Microsoft Edge, navigate to Settings > System and performance and disable Startup boost.
   
2. Close Microsoft Edge once done.
3. Now, click the Start button, search for Microsoft Edge, right-click on it, and select Open file location.
   
4. Right-click on the Microsoft Edge shortcut file and select Properties.
5. Navigate to the Shortcut tab, click on the Target section and paste the following code after msedge.exe:

   --disable-features=msUndersideButton

6. Click on Apply and then on Ok to save the changes.
   
7. Now close all the active windows of Microsoft Edge and relaunch the browser.
8. The Bing Button will not be present in the sidebar.

Use Registry Editor

Follow these steps to disable the Bing Button in Microsoft Edge using REGEDIT:

1. Press the Windows key, type regedit and hit Enter.
2. Once the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following path:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft

3. Here, right-click on the Microsoft key, and select New > Key.
4. Name the new key as Edge.
5. Right-click in the right pane and create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value.
6. Rename this newly created value as HubsSidebarEnabled.
7. Double-click on HubsSidebarEnabled and set the Value Data as 0.
   
8. Click on Ok to save the changes.
9. Once done, open Microsoft Edge and type edge://policy in the address bar.
10. Click on Reload Policies, and the Bing Button will disappear.

I hope this helps.

Read: How to Disable Bing Search results in Start Menu of Windows

How do I get rid of Bing sidebar in Edge?

To remove the Bing sidebar in Microsoft Edge, right-click on the Microsoft Edge.exe file and navigate to Properties > Shortcut. Click on the Target section and paste the following code after msedge.exe: --disable-features=msUndersideButton.

Read: Fix The content is blocked error when using Bing button on Edge

How do I disable Edge plugins?

To disable Edge plugins or extensions, click on the extension’s icon at the top and select Manage Extensions. All the installed plugins and extensions will be available here; click on the toggle switch to disable them.