---
title: "Taskbar Search Icon"
description: "Toggles the Search Button on the Taskbar."
editUrl: false
---

:::note
This page is generated from [`config/tweaks.json`](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/blob/main/config/tweaks.json). Do not edit this page directly.
:::

```json title="config/tweaks.json"
  "WPFToggleTaskbarSearch": {
    "Content": "Taskbar Search Icon",
    "Description": "Toggles the Search Button on the Taskbar.",
    "category": "Customize Preferences",
    "panel": "2",
    "Type": "Toggle",
    "registry": [
      {
        "Path": "HKCU:\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Search",
        "Name": "SearchboxTaskbarMode",
        "Value": "1",
        "Type": "DWord",
        "OriginalValue": "0",
        "DefaultState": "true"
      }
    ],
  }
```

## Registry Changes

Applications and System Components store and retrieve configuration data to modify Windows settings, so we can use the registry to change many settings in one place.

You can find information about the registry on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Registry) and [Microsoft's Website](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sysinfo/registry).
