"Search highlights" in the windows 10 / 11 search box has just ushered in an interesting change In order to remind users of various seasonal times of the year, it will display an interesting Mini pattern like Google doodle - sometimes you will see it on the right side of the main search box of windows 10 (or in the upper right corner of the search box of windows 11) It's embarrassing that some people think it's cool, but others scoff at it.
At the weekend, the netizen expectoparonum81 was in reddit Ask questions -- windows What the hell is this horse next to the search bar?
By the time of publishing, 400 + netizens had posted their approval. Many people think that "search highlights" doesn't need to do this kind of flower work. After all, this is not a search engine web page, but a more serious operating system.
In addition, the horse racing icon in the windows 10 search bar scared some people and even thought their system was poisoned for a time.
Embarrassingly, this is not the first time Microsoft has fallen into a similar controversy. For example, in April, Microsoft catered to the NFL rookie season, and played football and a microphone icon here.
If you really don't want to see it again, you can also refer to the R / windows 10 moderator froggypwns Disable guidelines provided:
(1) Windows 11 users can turn off the so-called 'search highlights' by moving to privacy and security → search permissions → more settings.
(2) Windows 10 users only need to right-click the search bar and uncheck 'show search highlights'.