Windows 10: Search with Bing from Notepad in Windows 10

How to: Search with Bing from Notepad in Windows 10

How to Search with Bing from Notepad in Windows 10


Notepad is a simple text editor included in Windows and a basic text-editing program which enables computer users to create documents.

Starting with Windows 10 build 17666, you can now highlight any words or phrase in Notepad and search with Bing.

If you have default web browser, a new tab will open in Notepad that will include the Bing search results page. Otherwise, the Bing search results page will open in your default web browser.

This tutorial will show you how to Search with Bing using a highlighted word or phrase from Notepad in Windows 10.


Contents

• Option One: Search with Bing from Notepad using Keyboard Shortcut
• Option Two: Search with Bing from Notepad using Context Menu
• Option Three: Search with Bing from Notepad using Edit Menu

OPTION ONE [/i] Search with Bing from Notepad using Keyboard Shortcut
1 Highlight any words or phrase in Notepad that you want to search with Bing. (see screenshot below)

2 Press the Ctrl + B keys.









OPTION TWO [/i] Search with Bing from Notepad using Context Menu
1 Highlight any words or phrase in Notepad that you want to search with Bing. (see screenshot below)

2 Right click or press and hold within Notepad, and click/tap on Search with Bing.









OPTION THREE [/i] Search with Bing from Notepad using Edit Menu
1 Highlight any words or phrase in Notepad that you want to search with Bing. (see screenshot below)

2 Click/tap on Edit on the menu bar, and click/tap on Search with Bing.

You can also press the Alt + E keys, and then press the S key to perform this action.





That's it,
Shawn


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How to remove Bing search

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

a) What is the exact issue that you face with Bing?

b) Is the issue related to Bing app?

c) Do you get issues with bing search in Windows Edge?

If you wish to set a different search for Windows Edge, here are the steps which might help you to set it as default search engine or home page.

• Open Windows edge.
• Click on More actions (Three dots ...)
• Click on settings.
• Click on view advanced settings.
• Turn on "Show the home button"
• Enter the URL of the website which you want to set as your home page.
• Close the Windows edge and open it again you will be able to get you desired webpage as your home page.

For Internet Explorer, refer to the following steps:

a) Type Internet options into the start search box

b) Press enter

c) Go down to search and select settings,

d) You can change it here.

Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

 

Search with Bing in Notepad

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We have checked this for you and it seems that this is a new feature introduced in notepad. Unfortunately, we do not have any option in the registry to change this feature within the Notepad.



However, I commend and appreciate you for recognizing this behavior. This is a valuable suggestion as there may be other users with a similar requirement. Hence, I suggest you to leave a

Feedback for this product so that our developer team can look into this and check if it can be implemented in the future updates.

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

History of search in Bing

Hello,

I do not use Bing for my searches, but yesterday I opened the Bing history and I found a website that I’m sure I never visited (porn dating site…)

If I read the list of Bing history, I find other pages, but I use W10, I have a Windows account and sometimes I click the link on the screensaver, to search where the picture is token.

But…never visit a porn dating site.

Some suggestion? Why I have this history?

 

how to remove bing

Hi NCA666,

My name is Roger W, an independent advisor trying to help. Let's try with the following suggestions, please:

Step 1:

Steps for removing Bing from search bar:

1. In Search type “Cortana & Search Settings” and hit enter.

2. You will have to find “Search online and include web results” feature and toggle the switch to disable it.

Note: Set the switch to “Off” state.

3. Reboot the Windows 10 device and your Bing search bar should be disabled.

Step 2:

Steps for removing Bing from the Browser.

Open Internet Explorer and click on the Gear icon.

Click on the ‘Manage add-ons’ option.

Click on ‘Search Providers’ which is on left pane.

Right click on ‘Bing’ where is listed under the ‘Name:’ column.

Click on ‘Remove’ from the drop-down menu.

Keep us posted if you face any issues on windows in future. We will be glad to help you.

Let us know if the solution above works for you.

 

Can't replace Bing as default search provider in Edge/Win10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your queries in Windows 10.

I completely understand your concern.

I suggest you to follow these steps and check if that helps.

• 
  Click (…)
  
• 
  Select settings
  
• 
  Under settings
  
• 
  Advance settings
  
• 
  Turn on home page and add the site of your choice as home page.
  
• 
  Click on save button.
  

You will also find an option to turn off searching with Bing here.

Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.