Configure the new tab page search box experience

You can configure the new tab page search box to use "Search box (Recommended)" or "Address bar" to search on new tabs. This policy only works if you set the search engine to a value other than Bing by setting the following two policies: 'DefaultSearchProviderEnabled' (Enable the default search provider) and 'DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL' (Default search provider search URL).

If you disable or don't configure this policy and:

- If the address bar default search engine is Bing, the new tab page uses the search box to search on new tabs.
- If the address bar default search engine is not Bing, users are offered an additional choice (use "Address bar") when searching on new tabs.

If you enable this policy and set it to:

- "Search box (Recommended)" ('bing'), the new tab page uses the search box to search on new tabs.
- "Address bar" ('redirect'), the new tab page search box uses the address bar to search on new tabs.

Policy options mapping:

* bing (bing) = Search box (Recommended)

* redirect (redirect) = Address bar

Use the preceding information when configuring this policy.

Example value: bing

New tab page search box experience

0. Search box (Recommended)
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	NewTabPageSearchBox
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	bing

1. Address bar
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
   Value Name	NewTabPageSearchBox
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	redirect