Windows 10: Windows search bar only shows the icons in results

While using my Windows search bar the results only show icons and no words. I have tried restarting my PC and the search bar and there are no available Windows updates. Can anyone help me fix this?

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Search Box Reduced to Magnifying Glass Icon

Hi,

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the below steps to change the settings to show the search icon.

• 
  Right click on the search bar
  
• 
  Click on search
  
• 
  Check show search icon
  

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help.

 

Application icon not showing properly in search

Hi Mitch,

You may share the screenshot on imgur.com.

See if rebuilding the AppIconCache folder and reinstalling Search using PowerShell helps.

See:

• Generic Icon Shown for Apps in Start Search Results in Windows 10
  
• Windows wont show any app icons in search bar
  

 

Turn Off Web Search Results When Searching My Computer

Hi,

If you are pertaining to the Cortana search web results, you can disable it and improve local search results. Follow the steps below to disable web results:

• Click the search bar.
• Select the Notebook icon on the left pane of the search bar.
• From the options, select Settings. (Note: On the later versions of Windows, the Settings button might be outside the Notebook icon.)
• On the Settings, toggle the Cortana gives me suggestions, ideas, reminders, alerts and more option to
  Off.
• On the lower part, turn off the Search online and included web results option as well.
  

See the image as reference to the above steps:





After doing the steps, try using search again and see if the web results will now disappear.

Should you need further assistance, feel free to post your query anytime.