News Internet & Security Windows Search Appears to be Down, Try This Fix Here are some ideas on how to (temporarily) fix it by Rob LeFebvre Senior News Editor Rob LeFebvre has been a freelance technology writer for 10 years and an educator for 20. His articles have appeared in 148Apps, Cult of Mac, Engadget, and many others. our editorial process Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Rob LeFebvre Published February 5, 2020 Updated February 5, 2020 02:01PM EST Internet & Security Phones Internet & Security Computers Smart & Connected Life Home Theater Software & Apps Social Media Streaming Gaming View More Tweet Share Email What: Windows 10 Search appears to be broken for many users.How: You might see a blank box when searching your Windows 10 PC.Why Do You Care: Fixing the issue before Microsoft issues an official patch could let you use the Search function again. According to various users and sites around the internet, Microsoft Windows 10 search appears to be down, showing only a blank box where search results typically live. We noticed that one of our articles about fixing Windows 10 search received a high amount of traffic Wednesday morning, too. Windows Central attributes the issue to Windows' Bing integration, and offers some steps involving the Windows registry to get things back to working shape. As they note, making sure you have a solid, recent backup of your PC and its registry is important before attempting. We tested these instructions and found Windows Central's specific list of steps worked on our own machine affected by the Search issue, so be sure and give it a try. If this more specifically targeted fix doesn't work for you, we've also got a more generalized troubleshooting article on how to fix Search issues on Windows 10. Windows 10 Search Not Working? Try These Fixes While there's been no official word from Microsoft, the company tweeted that it was investigating "several Office 365 issues" Wednesday morning. Via: Digital Trends Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit