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I still think it's very poor design that the toggle is:

1 - Completely unlabeled, nor is the icon indicative/clear.

2 - Not sticky. It will turn itself back on, even though this is neither implied nor stated in the UI.

3 - The only way to actually turn it off is to dig into your search settings - what percentage of your users actually know that exists, much less think about looking there?



I'd argue that a user looking to configure the settings of their search, are likely to think about looking in the search settings.


On stickiness: search settings - turn off personalized results.




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