Disable Internet Explorer’s Suggested Sites

Disable IE Suggested Sites

1. Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Open Internet Options in the Control Panel.

   

   Note: If Internet Options is not available, change View by to Large icons at the top right of the Control Panel.

3. Select the Advanced tab in the Internet Properties window.

   

4. Uncheck Enable Suggested Sites and then click OK to save the changes.

   

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5 Responses to “Disable Internet Explorer’s Suggested Sites”

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1. Charles Romer says:

   June 26, 2009 at 7:20 pm

   Followed the instructions to uncheck “Enable Suggested Sites” and the item remains unchecked BUT Suggested Sites re-appears after 2d or 3rd reboot.

   Must be a registry edit to fix this. Can you help?

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2. Brent Trahan says:

   June 26, 2009 at 8:05 pm

   I don’t know of a registry fix for this yet. If you find one, please let me know. I plan on writing about registry fixes for as many of the group policy guides as I can.

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3. Rob says:

   December 1, 2009 at 5:48 pm

   Thanks for posting. I have the same problem … darned suggested sites come back into the favs bar after reboot.

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4. Gabi says:

   January 16, 2010 at 4:07 pm

   Rob says:
   December 1, 2009 at 5:48 pmThanks for posting. I have the same problem … darned suggested sites come back into the favs bar after reboot.

   Exactly-
   it still says “Turn on Suggested Sites” in the Fav bar. Anyone figure out how to get rid of this ????? Driving me CRAZY!!! Thanks.

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5. Jim says:

   March 13, 2010 at 1:26 am

   Click the dropdown arrow to the right of the IE8 suggestion box. Select Manage Search Providers. Click on EACH search provider in the list. If search suggestions is enabled, click on Disable Suggestions in the Search Suggestions line.

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