This post shows students and new users the steps to take. Upon or Off Windows Search Indexing in Windows 11. Windows has a built-in search function that allows you to search for documents in a particular folder or on entire PCs.
For faster results when searching for files, emails, or other local content, Windows indexes the content on the local computer. There are two types of indexing options in Windows: Classic and Improved indexing options.
The classic indexing option will index content found in user profile folders, including documents, pictures, music, and the desktop.
Users can add additional locations using the classic indexing option to include additional content.
the Improved The indexing option indexes everything on your computer, all hard drives and partitions, including libraries and the desktop by default. The index uses the Windows search service and runs as the Searchindexer.exe process in the background.
How to disable Windows search indexing in Windows 11
As mentioned above, Windows Search indexes the content on your computer to provide faster and better results. The search indexer is a service that runs in the background.
You can search Windows without using your indexer. However, you may not get faster search results when you turn off the Windows indexer.
Here’s how to turn off or disable Windows Search Indexer in Windows 11.
First, open the Services console, then the location Windows search service and disable. In the name of the Windows search service, double-click it to open it.
In the Windows Search Properties window, click the Stop button to stop the service.
Please select Disabled at Start type drop-down menu and click Request.
You can close the Services console.
When you stop the Windows search service, it will also stop indexing the Windows search. As you can see in the image below, the indexing status should indicate that the service is Do not run.
How to enable Windows search indexing in Windows 11
If Windows search indexing is disabled, you can reverse the steps above to re-enable it. Open the Services console, then locate the Windows search service, double click to open.
In the Windows Search Properties window, select Automatic (delayed start) For him Start type drop-down menu, then click the Apply button.
Also click the Start button to start the Windows search service right away.
Windows search indexing must be re-enabled.
How to enable or disable Windows search from the command prompt
The same steps above can be performed using the command prompt.
To do that, open the command prompt as administrator.
Run the following commands to enable Windows search indexing.
sc config "wsearch" start=delayed-auto && sc start "wsearch"
To disable, run the following commands.
sc stop "wsearch" && sc config "wsearch" start=disabled
You should do that!
Conclusion:
In this tutorial we have seen how to disable or enable Windows search indexing in Windows 11. If you find any errors above or have something to add, use the comment form below.
