How to Remove Discover Bing button in Microsoft Edge Toolbar

If you are using Microsoft Edge as your default web browser, you may have noticed a new ‘Discover’ button or icon on the top of the toolbar.

Hovering or clicking on this button opens a panel that helps you in finding relevant information and content powered by New Bing AI. You can read more about How to Use New Bing with ChatGPT from Microsoft Edge Sidebar.

However, if you prefer to use a different search engine or simply don’t want this button cluttering your toolbar, you may be wondering how to remove it, right?

How to Remove Bing ‘Discover’ Button (Icon) in Microsoft Edge

Update – 16/03/2023 – Microsoft added an option in the browser settings to show or hide the Bing Discover button from the toolbar. Right now, it’s available in the latest version of Edge in Canary channel 113.0.1742.0.

For that, click on the (…) and select Settings.

In the Edge Settings page, switch to the Sidebar tab.

On the right side, head over to App and notification settings > App specific settings. Here, select Discover.

On the Discover app settings page , turn off the Show Discover option by toggling off the switch next to it.

As simple as that!

Again the above option is available only in the Edge Canary channel and it will soon make up to to Edge Stable. In the means time, you can either switch to Edge Canary, or

Use a command-line argument to remove Discover Bing button from Microsoft Edge. Lets learn the steps:

First of all, you need to disable the Startup boot option in Microsoft Edge. In the browser address bar copy-paste this: edge://settings/system and hit enter. The System settings page will open. Here, turn off the Startup boost option by toggling off the switch next to it.

After that, you need to apply the command-line argument. For that, click on the Search icon and type Microsoft Edge, when it appears in the search results, right-click on it and select Open File Location.

In the Programs folder that is open, locate the Edge shortcut and right-click on it, and select Properties.

In the Edge Properties window, head over to the Target section. Here, you need to copy-paste this code after msedge.exe --disable-features=msUndersideButton

The full code will look like this: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --disable-features=msUndersideButton

After that, click on the Apply/OK button to apply the changes.

Now, you need to close all the active windows of the Edge browser and launch the Edge browser. (If you fail to do this, then it’s possible that keep seeing the Bing Discover button on the toolbar)

This time you will not see the Bing Discover button on the sidebar of Edge.

Note: If you want to restore the Discover Bing button later, you can either enable Startup boost in settings or remove –disable-features=msUndersideButton from your shortcut target.

Note – If you’ve pinned Microsoft Edge in the Taskbar or Start, then you need to remove it first, then search Microsoft Edge via Windows Search and open it. Else, this method will not work.

If you’re a Mac user, here’s what you need to do:

Open the Terminal app and type this command:

(/Applications/Microsoft\ Edge.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft\ Edge --disable-features=msEdgeSidebarV2 &)

Make sure to keep the opening and closing parenthesis as it will cause the command to be executed in a sub-shell and therefore, the browser will keep running even after you close the Terminal app.

The method we have shared with you to remove the Discover button in the Edge toolbar is based on a workaround that may not be reliable or consistent. It is possible that a future update of the browser may change the way it interacts with Bing Discover and render the method ineffective. Therefore, we do not officially endorse or support this method and we advise you to use it at your own risk.

However, we are always interested in hearing from you and finding out if the method works for you or not. If you encounter any issues or notice that Bing Discover is still visible in your Edge browser after applying the method, please let us know by leaving a comment with your browser version. We will try our best to help you find another solution together.

Thanks Leo for spotting a new option in Edge.