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How do I prevent "Bing Lookup" from saving its search history to Bing's search history?

I am not sure if this is a question for Bing, or if it is a question for Microsoft Edge, but here goes.

Viewing a web page using Edge, I highlight a word and right click on it. In the right click menu there is an option "Bing Lookup". There is a slight problem using Bing Lookup. Although I have search history turned off in Bing, if I use Bing Lookup as I described above, it saves it to Bing search history.

So, how do I prevent "Bing lookup" from saving its search history to Bing's search history?

Thanks.

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Hello,

Are you sure it says Bing Lookup or is it Smart Lookup tool for Office 2016?

http://venturebeat.com/2015/09/22/office-2016s-smart-lookup-automatically-searches-bing-for-relevant-websites-and-images/

Try disabling Search History in Bing.

The Insights panel has two basic options: “Explore” and “Define.” The former contains basic search results, while the latter provides a word definition if Bing has one on file.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2985814/software-productivity/get-started-with-smart-lookup-office-2016s-handy-bing-powered-research-tool.html

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It seems perhaps you are referring to something used within Office. What I am referring to is when using Microsoft Edge and is shown in the right click menu as Bing lookup.

Thanks though.

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Do you have Microsoft Office installed?

I've followed the steps you provided - highlighting a word > right click the options I see using Microsoft Edge are

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I have Office 365.

I do not have Cortana enabled. Perhaps that's why it shows Bing lookup. The rest of the right click options that you see are the same that I see in Edge.

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I believe it's the "Smart Lookup" feature that's associated with Office.  Moved you to Office Forum for assistance.

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