Disabling the Windows Search index on your hard drives can help you get better performance on Windows 10. First, let’s look at why you might want to do this. Then, we’ll explain how to do it.

Sometimes you don’t want to disable Windows Search Indexing. It depends on what hardware you’re using. Below are some examples of when you should and shouldn’t disable it.

Let’s also take a moment to dispel a myth. Windows Search indexing is still used in Windows 10, and it works in much the same way as older versions of Windows. With that in mind, here’s what we propose:

If you have a slow hard drive and a good CPU, it makes more sense to leave your search indexing turned on, but otherwise it's better to turn it off. This is especially true for people with SSDs, because they can read your files so quickly.