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I removed the search text-box by right clicking on the task bar, this brought up the Personalisation>Taskbar settings menu. The top item under Taskbar Items is

I removed the search text-box by right clicking on the task bar, this brought up the Personalisation>Taskbar settings menu. The top item under Taskbar Items is search, toggle the switch from on to off. As a side-note, I'm in EU, so perhaps you don't have this option in other regions?

judge2020 4y ago
This is also available on my W11 Pro machine in the US. 22H2.
unsafecast 4y ago
That works, but the issue was to remove the label on the text box, not the box itself.
- zeta0134 4y ago
  In Windows 10 at least, if you remove the Search box / icon, you can still access search by typing while the start menu is open. This means you can quite easily search from the keyboard alone by first hitting [Win] to open the menu, then typing a query. If the result is a program, hitting [Enter] then launches it. Does this not work in Windows 11?
  - unsafecast 4y ago
    It does! You lose no functionality by removing it. I just wanted to clarify what the issue was.
  - judge2020 4y ago
    It does, but I suppose the Superuser post is really against the text "Search" being there. At a certain point it's unrealistic to expect configuration, even in registry etc, to be able to customize every little part of the UI. Even if it's 10 lines defining the registry state and checking it when the OS is pulling the search text, it's debt that only a handful of users will be annoyed by enough to go change.