It seems the Search box has been added in IE11 in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 only. People who don’t like this Search box on New Tab page, can use this trick as a workaround to hide/remove the Search box from New Tab page. If you set Google or other search engines as default, you’ll not see the new Search box on New Tab page. One more thing to note! The Search box is only shown if Bing is set as default search engine in Internet Explorer web browser. In other words, as soon as you click in the new Search box, it transfers the focus to the address bar and whatever you type, is automatically typed inside the address bar. The Search box is just a placeholder, if you click inside the Search box, it automatically activates the address bar (also known as Omnibar, One bar, URL bar, etc). Microsoft has released a new update for IE11 which automatically adds the new Search box on New Tab page which looks as following: How to Restore Old Behavior of New Tab Page in Google Chromeįollowing Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, Microsoft has also added Bing Search box on New Tab page in Internet Explorer 11. Restore Classic New Tab Page in Mozilla Firefox You can check out following tutorials in which we told you how to remove the Search box from New Tab page in these web browsers: If you also use other web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, you might be very well aware of the Search box on New Tab page.Īlmost all 3rd party web browsers come with a Search box or Search bar on New Tab page to help users in quickly searching on the web. Internet Explorer is the default and built-in web browser of Windows operating system and many Windows users use it as their primary web browser.

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