If you want the Recent searches to appear in the Search window, then you need to search for something.
This is how the Windows Search should look now.
There is nothing wrong with your Windows installation or the Search box.
Clicking the search shows no content
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(304, 87%, 39%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EJS%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Jack Smook
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For the past few days, when I click on the Search in the tasbar, the content is missing except for the suggested apps.
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Cortana and search
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Jack Smook 150 Reputation points
2026-10-29T11:28:01.9333333+00:00 The AI's answer didn't fix the problem
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![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(185.6, 67%, 27%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ERB%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Ruwim.B 7,325 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2026-10-29T14:38:50.52+00:00 I think you should stop modifying your Windows installation. What you are seeing is the current version of Windows Search. I'm on the latest regular Windows 26H2 version (26300.9711) and this is what I'm seeing on the Search window without actually doing any search, so no search history is shown.
This is what happens when I enter some search text in the search bar:
I haven't yet selected any search results, but if I would have done this, the results would be shown in the Search history.
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Ruwim.B 7,325 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2026-10-29T13:39:02.25+00:00 I guess that you have selected the option "Search box" in "Personalisation -> Taskbar -> Search". With this option selected, the "Search bar" is not shown at the top of "Suggested". This bar is shown when selecting the "Search icon only" or "Search icon and label" options.
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Ruwim.B 7,325 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2026-10-29T13:43:35.3433333+00:00 Note also that Windows search box was recently redesigned.
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Jack Smook 150 Reputation points
2026-10-29T13:59:20.01+00:00 I just changed it from search box to search icon and label and the type here to search is now there, but the other content is still missing
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Jack Smook 150 Reputation points
2026-10-29T21:49:40.01+00:00 I used to have the 'before' images in that link... now I have the ugly 'after' images
Thanks for the explanation
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