I already give you a tips for removing BING from Internet Explorer 7 and there is still many question asking me how to removing in Internet Explorer 8 ( IE 8 ). Many of you do not like this BING a new search engine introduced by Microsoft in the beginning of June , nor am I 
Please note that this issue are not related with an issue with Internet Explorer. You can not choose to not using BING since Microsoft have made the change on their servers from Live Search to Bing. In short term, Everyone going to live.com ends up at bing.com.
- Anyway, you can turn off Bing. Well the procedure is the same with the tips that I already post before, and it will take you just a few seconds.
- In IE 8, there is Tools or manage addons.
- Click on search providers than Click on Bing
- Click remove. Or, if you want to keep it but not as default, click on the search provider you want to be default, click set as default.
- Now, your Internet Explorer 8 are free from BING
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June 19th, 2009
I tried to remove BING from IE8. The remove box in manage add-ons will not light so that I can remove. Any suggestions?
June 20th, 2009
I have same issue as Bob. What do we do?
June 20th, 2009
Mine too, but here’s what I did:
go to the IE8 toolbar upper right and click on the arrow for pull down.
Choose Google, or whatever your search engine is, and then make it default.
disable Bing. It’s still there, but doesn’t work.
Bloody MS, these involuntary add-ons make me nuts.
Jim
June 23rd, 2009
thanks much man it off!!
June 23rd, 2009
for me also same issue. what should i do ?
June 23rd, 2009
Jim I tried all of the above. Bing cannot be removed as the remove button is not activated when you go into the Manage Add Ons section under Tools, and the drop down to set Google or other Search engine only lasts until the next time you come on the internet and get the annoying window courtesy of MS telling you someone has tried to hijack you default search engine away from Bing. If you can tell me how to stop that window coming up each time I come onto the internet that would be great. Gates and his ilk are smugger than anything I have ever dealt with.
June 26th, 2009
I ALSO NEED HELP REMOVING THAT BING FROM MY BROWSER
June 26th, 2009
I GUESS I’M GOING TO STOP USING MSN
June 27th, 2009
This is so frustrating. I am going to use firefox.
June 27th, 2009
Installing Mozilla Fire Fox worked. I call for BAN on IE!!
June 27th, 2009
I’ve removed it, but it’s still embedded in searches showning up. As normal, MS has made another screwed up product and made it impossible to remove. Hopefully they go the way of AOL soon. The government should have shut the criminals down long ago. (I guess if you have enough money you really aren’t a criminal.)
June 27th, 2009
Help, this thing is so annoying!! I’ve tried everything to remove Bing, and I’m so frustrated I’m afraid that I’ll remove something vital trying to stamp this thing out!!! It won’t even let you remove IE8, Where’s my Bill Gates Dart Board!
June 29th, 2009
I have tried everything myself too and it still keeps coming back. You can’t delete it as it doesn’t allow you too. What happens if I remove Explorer all together and re download 7 as I didn’t have this problem in 7? will all my favorites be lost?
July 1st, 2009
how do you remove bing? I can not even remove ie 8 it is a data thief that feeds ms with everything you do on line so they can make more money off us.
What ever happened to the old pc dos?, ms dos? Restoring to older fate does not remove bing. I hayr apple but may hve to go yhat way
July 1st, 2009
appple here we come.
July 3rd, 2009
http://www.w7forums.com/hide-remove-ie8-search-box-t433.html
check this website out! It not only tells you how to get rid of Bing, but also how to get rid of the search bar totally! Works like a charm!!
July 6th, 2009
If that’s not successful!! You must change to FireFox.
July 24th, 2009
There is a way to remove Bing in IE8 so the second tab with Bing does not load – Tools>Internet Options, in the General tab where you set/select your homepage URL delete the Bing URL. Next time you launch IE8 the Bing tab will be gone.
July 27th, 2009
I just figured this out.
1. reset web settings.
2. after you close ie it will ask you a bunch of questions. tell it either no or customize. when you get finished with that you should get to a tab where you get to customize your search provider.
3. in the add your own search provider box on the right side. put in url as http://about:blank TEST then give it a name.
4. when you are done with that. go into manage addons, search providers and remove live search, then prevent about:blank from being changed check box.
August 2nd, 2009
None of that worked for me.
I will share the secret of what does work:
First, understand that you will not be able to REMOVE Bing! until you ADD another search provider.
None of the IE8 options allowed me to add another Search provider…
So I simply used the following to enable alternate search providers:
1. go to
http://www.dogpile.com/
2. select Download Toolbar – Run
Installing the software will enable you to add dogpile as your default search engine.
Repeat process with Google and other search providers.
I do not recommend using yahoo, since future YH! searches will be via Bing!.
Once you have alternate search providers, you can set one of them as default, and switch to the others as desired.
You can now delete the Bing! entry. You can also uninstall the toolbars, or simply close them, your preference.
Please comment if this works as well for you as it did for me.
August 11th, 2009
there is a linux that is just about as user frinedly as windows. UBUNTU 9 an it’s free. the only way i’ve found to get rid of bing.
August 17th, 2009
How to get rid of Bing
August 19th, 2009
please remove bing
August 21st, 2009
HOW TO DELETE BING
Step 1 click on Start.
Step 2 click on Connect To.
Step 3 click on Open Network and Sharing Center.
Step 4 click on Internet Options.
Step 5 highlight http://www.bing.com/.
Step 6 Press Delete and close that.
Step 7 Now Open Internet explorer
step 8 Click on Arrow (drop down menu) next to Magnify glass
Step 9 click manage search providers
Step 10 Right click on Bing
Step 11 click Remove,,, Bing is gone..
Step 12 Not all good comes to those on earth,
Step 13 but in Heaven all is good
Step 14 so be ready for when Jesus comes
August 24th, 2009
This doesn’t work with Vista and IE8. The Remove Button is ALWAYS grayed out and you CANNOT add another search engine.
August 25th, 2009
ive figured out how to get rid of bing as your search engine and off of your windows live.
exit the internet explorer. go to start, then go to control panel, then go to internet options. from here, under the general tab, change your default search provider to whatever you want besides bing. you can also do this on the tools bar of your internet explorer or using the arrow next to the magnifying glass on your internet explorer to delete bing. now that your default search engine is corrected, you can fix your windows live account. now, when you go to manage search providers using the arrow next to the magnifying glass on the internet explorer or going to manage addons under the tools menu on internet explorer,when you try to remove things, the remove button doesnt work. this will fix the problem. YOU MUST NOT BE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE REMOVE BUTTON TO WORK. so you exit the internet explorer. go tostart, then control panel, the internet options,then click on the tab labeled “programs”. click on the button called manage add ons. here you find the same menu as the one on the internet, except the buttons work! highlight the live search and click remove. now when you go to the internet and log into hotmail, it will not be bing. it will be back to normal. no more bing!!!!!!
August 25th, 2009
if the Remove button is not lit up, it’s because you cannot have an empty list there. You need to add a new search provider (I added Google search), then you may right click Windows Live or Bing and the button will be usable
Hope it helps, Bing really gets on my nerves. Not anymore
August 26th, 2009
this information is bogus.
simply right click on the toolbar and uncheck MSN toolbar.
DONE.
August 27th, 2009
Read all the ways to remove that #$#@!Bing!!…The one that worked for me was making sure I was NOT connected to the internet!!..Tools…Manage add-ons….Search providers….When not connected to the internet my set default, and the remove bottoms were lit up and worked accordingly….You then can change your default settings, and add or remove as you choose..Oh yeah..Make sure you have changed your settings….Tools…Internet options…General…etc….It worked for me on IE8….No bing bar no bing nothing!!!!
September 5th, 2009
In IE8 go to tools/manage/addons/search provides. At the bottom click on find more search providers… choose google etc. This will add google as an additional search provider. Clcik on google and set it as the default see bottom right. Click on bing and click remove. Job done.
September 6th, 2009
no meinteresa
September 7th, 2009
Tip to remove Bing. Go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host
enter:
127.0.0.1 local host
74.125.127.100 http://www.bing.com
74.125.127.100 bing.com
Bing is gone!