Outlook 2007: Remove the Instant Search Prompt

Contributor Icon Contributed by seamonkey420 Date Icon January 13, 2007  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Outlook

This recipe shows how to remove that annoying instant search prompt from Outlook 2007.


In Outlook 2007, go to Tools > Options > Other tab

Click on the Advanced Options button.

uncheck the “Show prompts for Instant Search” and then click OK on the screens.

Voila! no more annoying instant search prompts!

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  • Anonymous
    This does not work (since SP1) anymore, correct?
  • Anonymous
    I am so curse-word p.o.d at sites like this. And at the search engines. AND at the jerk faces who design web-pages that come up in search engine results, when WHAT YOU SEARCHED FOR ISN'T EVEN THERE!
    At google, I entered this search: "remove the search bar from outlook 2007". I used the quotes. That means every page that google gives me SHOULD have exactly that text somewhere. Exactly as I typed it. Not CLOSE to what I typed. Not SOME of the words I included in the quote marks. Not SOME of those words in sort of the same order, with other words in the middle of that text.
    Why the DICKENS did this tech solution come up? How is "remove the search bar from outlook 2007" considered an EXACT match for "Outlook 2007: Remove the Instant Search Prompt"???
    Sorry for the obnoxious tone, but when you are looking for technical answers it can be so deeky difficult to find answers that are addressed to anything close to your problem, and even then, good luck actually getting the solution you need. But when search engines don't even give me pages that actually meet my search criteria I just get so steamed.
  • Anonymous
    lol
    that rant belongs on google's site not this one.

    Thanks Chef for the tip, worked fine, now to update it and see if it works again.
  • Chuck
    Works like a champ with SP1 as well. Thanks seamonkey!
  • openskys
    This completely Worked for me. In a matter of just a few seconds I had the "Enable Instant Search" bar gone.
    Thanks goes out to seamonkey420
  • Cheeky
    i think i love you you just saved me 18 hours of obsessive compulsive googling
  • Steve
    Thanks! Worked great and saved some of my hair!

    ps. I sure love that rant about 5 post before mine... LOL
  • erik
    thanks worked great. Do you know how to remove a reminder that has been deleted but keeps popping up?
  • bob
    Works great XP pro SP3 Outlook 2007
    Thanks
  • sreeni
    Thank u very much.
  • Les
    Thank you for showing me how to get rid of that annoying bar in Outlook.
  • james
    thanks!
  • terryrankine
    Cheers mate, worked fine for me.
    anyone know where the setting is in the reg? so i can ship it out through the domain?
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