Some of you will know it as the F3 search button and some of you will know it as the ctrl+f button but whatever you use it does the same thing, search the page in IE and explorer for certain letters/words.

Now personally I love this feature and use it daily (I’m still a ctrl+f man), but I have heard that some people want it gone due to security and privacy reasons.

This is an easy tweak to perform but as usual whenever you perform a registry edit it is a good idea to backup your registry.

  • Open up Regedit
  • Navigate to this location
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions
  • Create a new DWORD
    • NoFindFiles
  • Set the value to 1
  • You will need to reboot to see it active