How to make google default search engine in edge
How to make google default search engine in edge
How to make Google your default search engine on any major web browser
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Even though Google is the most popular search engine, some web browsers still don’t automatically set it as the default. If you want to make sure all your web searches are done through Google, you can adjust your search settings no matter what browser you use.
Here’s how to make Google your default search engine in Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge.
How to make Google the default search engine in Chrome
On a computer:
1. Open your Google Chrome browser.
2. At the top-right of the window next to the address bar, click the three vertical dots and choose Settings in the drop-down.
3. Scroll down to the Search engine section and click the drop-down next to Search engine used in the address bar.
4. Choose Google in the drop-down. Your default search engine should now be changed.
On the Google Chrome mobile app:
1. Start the Chrome app on your Apple or Android device.
2. On an iPhone or iPad, tap the icon of three horizontal dots at the bottom-right of the screen. On an Android, tap the icon of three vertical dots in the upper-right corner. Choose Settings in the pop-up.
3. Tap Search engine and select Google on the next screen. Your default search engine should now be changed.
How to make Google the default search engine in Firefox
On a computer:
1. Open your Firefox browser.
2. Click the icon of three horizontal lines at the top-right of the screen and then click Settings in the drop-down.
3. In the sidebar menu on the left, click the Search tab.
4. In the Default Search Engine section, click the drop-down and choose Google. Your default search engine should now be changed.
On the Firefox mobile app:
1. Start the Firefox app on your Apple or Android device.
2. On an iPhone or iPad, tap the icon of three horizontal lines in the bottom-right corner. On an Android, tap the icon of three vertical dots in the bottom-right corner. Select Settings in the pop-up.
3. In the General section, tap Search.
4. Under Default Search Engine, select Google. Your default search engine should now be changed.
How to make Google the default search engine in Safari
On a Mac:
1. Open the Safari browser.
2. Click in the search bar and then, in the left corner, click the magnifying glass.
3. In the drop-down, choose Google. Your default search engine should now be changed.
On an iPhone or iPad:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Scroll down to Safari and tap it.
3. Tap Search Engine and select Google. Your default search engine should now be changed.
How to make Google the default search engine in Microsoft Edge
On a computer:
1. Open the Microsoft Edge web browser.
2. Click the icon of three horizontal dots in the top-right corner of the window and then choose Settings at the bottom of the pop-up.
3. In the sidebar menu on the left, click the Privacy, search, and services tab.
4. Scroll down and click Address bar and search at the bottom of the page.
5. Click the drop-down next to Search engine used in the address bar, and select Google. Your default search engine should now be changed.
On the Edge mobile app for iPhone or iPad:
1. Open the Microsoft Edge app on your Apple device.
2. Tap the icon of three horizontal dots in the bottom-middle of the screen and then choose Settings in the top-right corner of the pop-up.
3. On the Settings page, tap Advanced Settings.
4. Tap Search Engine and then tap Others… and select Google from the list.
5. Once you’ve selected Google, hit Done in the upper-right corner. Your default search engine should now be changed.
On the Edge mobile app for Android:
1. Open the Microsoft Edge app on your Android device.
2. Tap the icon of three horizontal dots in the bottom-middle of the screen and then choose Settings in the top-right corner of the pop-up.
3. Scroll down to the Advanced section and select Search.
4. Tap Default search engine, and choose Google on the next page. Your default search engine should now be changed.
How to make Google your default search engine
Unless you need to be extra careful about your searches’ privacy, Google is still the most effective service. It’s useful for saving your past search queries for optimized performance and rarely lets you down, whether you’re searching for adorable cat videos or treatments for whatever dire ailment you might be suffering from at the moment. While Google Chrome and Firefox automatically set Google as your search engine by default, we know pesky add-ons or malware have a knack for hijacking those search engines. Then they offer up a few of their own search engine recommendations(we’re looking at you, Babylon Search Toolbar). The good news is that all you need is less than a minute to change your browser search engine default to Google, quickly completing this simple task with a few clicks under browser preferences.
Here is our guide on how to make Google your default search engine so you can stop looking at Bing, Yahoo!, or, worse, Babylon. Even if your search engine might one day randomly revert back to an alternative search engine, you’ll be prepared to change it back to Google all over again.
How to make Google your default search engine in Google Chrome
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Step 3: Click on the drop-down menu next to the phrase Search Engine Used in the Address Bar. Choose Google from the drop-down menu.
How to make Google your default search engine in Firefox
Step 1: Open Firefox and then click on the three stacked horizontal lines Menu icon in the top-right corner. In the menu that appears, choose Options.
Step 2: On the left side of the Options menu, select Search.
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Step 3: Under Default Search Engine, choose Google from the drop-down menu.
How to make Google your default search engine in Safari
Google should automatically be your default search engine, but here’s a quick way to check and change it if you need to.
Step 1: Open Safari, move your mouse over the Safari tab and select Preferences, or type the keyboard shortcut Command +.
Step 2: Select the Search tab, and the first option you should see is for the search engine. If Google is not already set, select the drop-down menu, and choose it.
Step 3: Close the preferences and double-check to make sure it worked.
If you want to change the options on Safari for iOS or iPadOS, that is a different process.
Step 1: Go to the Settings app and search for Safari.
Step 2: The first option is for the search engine. Change it accordingly if Google is not already set.
How to make Google your default search engine in Microsoft Edge
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How to make Google your default search engine in Opera
Step 1: Run Opera and select the Gear icon (which is in the lower left-hand corner of the screen). That icon will lead to the Settings menu.
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Step 3: In the Search Engine section, find the phrase Set Which Search Engine Is Used When Searching From the Combined Search and Address Bar and select the drop-down menu next to it. Then click Google Search from the subsequent menu.
How to make Google Search Engine default with Microsoft Edge
This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to make Google search the default search engine when using the new Microsoft Edge Browser.
With Microsoft switching to the new Edge browser with Windows 10 and installing Bing search engine as its default, users who prefer Google search can use the steps below to switch.
You probably already know that Bing is the default search engine of the new Microsoft Edge browser.
When you’re searching in Microsoft Edge address bar, the default search engine used to find information and websites matching to your search is Bing.
Well, you can change that, and this post shows you how.
To get started with switching to Google search in Bing, follow the steps below:
How to quickly switch to Google search in Edge
This is the quickest way to switch the default search engine in the new Edge browser.
Open Microsoft Edge and type in the line below in the search engine and address box as shown below:
Press Enter after typing the above. That should take you to Edge search engine settings page.
On that page, in the drop-down for “Search engine used in the address bar“, choose Google.
That should change the default searching engine to Google.
How to switch to Google Search Engine from settings page in Edge
If the above steps are confusing, use this method to change Edge default search to Google.
Next, select “Settings“
Then navigate to “Privacy, search and services“. From there click on the “Address bar and search” to your right.
That bring up the search settings page same as in the first step.
Then choose Google from the drop-down list to make it your default search provider in the new Edge browser.
Conclusion:
This post showed you how to make Google search engine the default engine when using the new Microsoft Edge browser.
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Published by Richard
In my spare time, I research topics that are interesting and worthwhile for users and students who want to try something new. I, too, am a student and my focus here is to help other students and new users get started with managing Ubuntu Linux, Windows, Content Management Systems (CMS) and others.
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How to Make Google the Default Search Engine in Microsoft Edge
When Windows 10 rolled out in 2015, it introduced Microsoft Edge, a slick Web browser that Microsoft positioned as the Chrome killer. Well, we all know how that turned out; Edge soared to an amazing 5% market share before crapping out and becoming known as “the browser you use to download Chrome”. Despite its marketplace failure, Edge actually is a pretty decent browser, and that 5% grimly hanging on get a lot of good use out of the browser. One “feature” of Edge is that it uses Microsoft’s own search engine, Bing, as its initial default when searching in the browser’s address bar.
Bing is not a bad search engine by any means, and is often a good backstop when a Google query comes up with anomalous or limited results – occasionally Bing will have something new to add. That said, it’s not the most popular search engine out there, puttering along with a 2.63% market share as of August 2019. Most users – even Edge afficionados – would prefer to have Google as the default. Yet if you open up the settings in Edge and attempt to change the default search engine, it will only list Bing – a conspiracy of silence on the part of Microsoft! No, actually.
Bing uses a search technology called OpenSearch which lets users directly search a variety of non-traditional providers, such as Twitter, Wikipedia, and even site-specific options like Intel. Using OpenSearch is simple. In this article I will show you how to use OpenSearch to set Google as your default search engine in Bing. (If you would rather, you can just have Edge launch directly to the Google home page.)