🐍 Python 3.10+

Hide Taskbar Search Box (Python)

Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing. Applies the tweak via the stdlib winreg module.

By WindowsScripting.com · 583 B
set_disable_taskbar_search_box.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
set_disable_taskbar_search_box.py

Hide Taskbar Search Box.
Hides the search box on the taskbar, leaving just an icon or nothing.

Usage:
    python set_disable_taskbar_search_box.py
"""

import winreg


def main() -> None:
    key = winreg.CreateKeyEx(
        winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search", 0, winreg.KEY_SET_VALUE
    )
    winreg.SetValueEx(key, "SearchboxTaskbarMode", 0, winreg.REG_DWORD, 0)
    winreg.CloseKey(key)
    print("Hide Taskbar Search Box applied.")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()