Disabling the Search Indexing Feature in Windows 7

o  Right Click the “Computer” Icon in the desktop and select “Manage”. 
o  Click “Services and Applications” in the “Computer Management” window. 
o  Click on “Services”. 
o  You can see a lot of services listed there. Look for “Windows Search” in that.  
o  Right Click on “Windows Search” from the list and choose “Properties”. 
o  The “Windows Search Properties Window” will open up. From “Startup type” click 
on the drop down menu and choose “Disabled”. 
o  Click “Apply” then “OK” and that’s it. The Windows 7 Search Indexing Feature is 
now disabled. 
If you want to completely disable the search indexing feature in Windows 7 you can 
set the Search Indexing Service to Manual.