microsoft-edge

How on earth turn off address bar searching on edge?


I really couldn't find a way to turn address bar search off. I just want to go to the absolute address i typed. I know add http:// on the front could do it. But no I just want an method only type in the domain!Like "a.service" which is a domain I created in a DNS server myself. I know Firefox could do it by set keyword= false on "about:config" page. For some reason I need to use Edge. Please HELP!!

Many answers said turn off suggestion on privacy settings, but it do not work!


Solution

  • Unfortunately, there is no such solution as setting keyword.enabled=false to simply turn off the "search" function of the address bar for Edge. But if you want a pure address bar for URL visiting, here's what I do:

    1. Go to Settings --> Privacy, search, and services --> Services --> Address bar and search --> Manage search engines --> Add. It allows you to create a custom search engine, but we want to design it in another way.
    2. In the Add search engine prompt, design your custom search engine. What really matters is the last box. Make sure you add http://%s or https://%s. enter image description here
    3. Then, make sure you've made it as default search engine, so that you can simply type in URLs in the address bar.enter image description here