[sourthyme]

Is there a way to disable the searchbar from accessing the internet entirely?

[mkl]

Just turn off the search bar. You gain a whole lot of taskbar space, and in my experience Windows search is almost useless anyway. For files Everything [1] is far superior.

[1] https://www.voidtools.com/

[sourthyme]

This easier than I thought. Windows+S and then in the cog you can disable web results.