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How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox



Recently my friend installed a software i.e. Babylon Dictionary on his computer. And later on, while accessing Internet with his Chrome and Firefox browser, his default Search Engines were changed. As such, he was facing problems with this new Default Search Engine as it was very irritating and useless for him. However, it's been a common thing with many of us. As most Softwares change our default Search Engine. However, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have the option to fix this and revert back to different Search Engine


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How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox



How to Change Default Search Engine in Google Chrome:- 


We all mainly open a new tab to search the term we want to search on our default Search Engine set on our browser (which is mainly Google). just follow the below steps to change default Search Engine in Google Chrome.

  • Make a Right Click on your Address Bar and Select the Option Edit Search Engines.


How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox


  • Select the Search Engines from the list which is displayed in front of you and Click Make Default


How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox


And the Search Engine you Selected will be your default Search Engine. Now you can open any new tab and type in the address bar, the term you would like to Search.


How To Change Default Search Engine In Mozilla Firefox:-

Well, the case in Mozilla Firefox is more Rigid then in Chrome. Well, I would be sharing my personal Experience. I installed Ashampoo Internet Accelerator in my Computer. And whenever I opened Mozilla Browser, Conduit.com opened. Even when I opened any new tab in Firefox browser, Conduit.com automatically opened whereas I did not wanted so. Whereas I wanted to open Google or any other useful Search Engine of my Choice.

  • Firstly Open your Mozilla Firefox browser.

  • Then type about:config in the address Bar of your Firefox Browser.



  • It will give you a warning. Just ignore it and click on I will be careful, I promise.


How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox



  • Now Type Keyword.URL in the Filter Box. The result will appear. Right click on Keyword.URL and click on Modify button.


How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox


  • Here, it will ask you to Input the String Value i.e. the search Engine you would like to set as default.



For Google: http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=
For Bing: http://www.bing.com/results.aspx?q=

For Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p= 

  • Enter any of the URL from the above and Click on OK. Here I would use Google as I use it more frequently.

How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox


So, that is it. Now you need to restart Firefox browser and you will notice that you are welcomed with Google an it's now your default Search Engine. 

So guys, this is the end of a very helpful post for Computer & Internet Geeks.


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7 Respones to "How to Change Default Search Engine in Chrome and Firefox"

Jafar @ Trace Tricks said...
11 March 2012 at 08:07

Awesome tutorial..
Thanks for share dude.

Admin @ CoolTricks said...
12 March 2012 at 04:53

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Praveen Kumar said...
12 March 2012 at 06:03

Thanks for the great information about search engineer I know this can be a big help to me.

MM Enterprises said...
12 March 2012 at 06:05

Wow, so nice & very useful trick i like your post. Thanks for sharing good post.

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13 March 2012 at 07:17

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Glad to know that my posts help you.
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13 March 2012 at 07:19

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Chetan - techx said...
31 May 2012 at 05:24

thanks for sharing it...my engine was changed to yahoo...now back to google ;)

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