how to hide search box in windows 10 taskbar

Question

Today i installed windows 10 technical preview in my machine,once started i was able to view the search box at task bar ,is it there any way to disable/hide search box in windows 10,its bit annoying while using it .how can i disable/hide the search box in windows 10 task bar?

any registry/group policy setting to hide the search box in windows 10?

Answer 1

Do a rightclick on the taskbar, and under search, select disabled.

You can still invoke search via + S.

Answer 2

This may seem obvious, however it took me a while to realize - if you can't see the Search in the Taskbar menu - look for Cortana instead.