How Do I Change My Search Engine From Yahoo To Google On Chrome

Windows 11 on a Microsoft Surface Laptop — Y'all can modify your default search engine in Edge and other browsers on Windows xi.
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More 93% of US web searches are washed with Google, merely Windows 11 is prepare to Microsoft'southward Bing search engine by default. If you prefer the results you get from Google'due south search engine, it's piece of cake plenty to make Google search the default. We'll prove you how.

Windows 11 doesn't let you set a default search engine systemwide across all browsers, however. It's like shooting fish in a barrel enough to set up for each one, though, including Chrome, Firefox and Edge. And if you prefer to search using Yahoo or DuckDuckGo -- even Amazon or eBay if your searches are for items you lot're shopping for -- you can set one of those, as well.

Here'south how to change your default search engine in Windows xi. For more on Microsoft's new Bone, here'southward what has changed since Windows x, what nosotros wished had been included andhow you'll get the new Os.

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Microsoft Edge: How to modify the default search engine

Edge is the default browser in Windows 11. Here's how to change the default search engine Microsoft's browser uses.

1. In Border, from the "Settings and more than" bill of fare up in the top-correct corner, choose Settings.

ii. On the left, choose Privacy, search and services.

three. Roll downwards, and most the bottom in the Services section, cull Address bar and search.

iv. In the drop-down menu to the right of the "Search engine used in address bar," choose the search engine you want to use.

5. If y'all don't find the search engine you're looking for in the list, choose Manage search engines and then tap the Add push in the upper-right corner to add the 1 you desire.

Google Chrome: How to change the default search engine

You lot don't need to apply Edge in Windows 11 of class (if you desire to change to some other browser, we cover that below). Here's how to alter the default search engine in Google web browser.

ane. In Chrome, from the "Customize and control" bill of fare in the height-right corner, choose Settings.

two. Over on the left, choose Search engine.

3. In the Search engine department, use the drop-down menu to the right of "Search engine used in the address bar" to set up your default search engine.

iv. You can manage the search engines Chrome uses in the department right below, in Manage search engines.

Acer Aspire Vero — You lot can set your default search engine in Chrome and Firefox too, not just Edge.
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Firefox: How to change the default search engine

If yous're in the Firefox browser camp, here'south how to change the default search engine in Windows 11.

1. In Firefox, from the Open Application menu in the tiptop-correct corner, choose Settings.

ii. Over in the left-hand column, choose Search.

three. In the Default Search Engine section, from the drop-down carte du jour, select your default search engine.

4. If you don't see the search engine y'all want to utilise, scroll downwards to the lesser of the page, tap Find more search engines and search for the service you desire to use.

How to set a web browser other than Edge as your default browser

Maybe information technology's not just another search engine y'all want to swap but some other web browser too. By default, Edge is Windows 11's browser of choice. In Windows eleven, the easiest fashion to set another browser as your default is when you install it and are prompted to make it your default browser. But if you lot skipped over doing it then, no worry, here'due south how.

Note, that this will require a few steps.

1. Open up Settings, and over on the left tap Apps.

2. Now tap Default apps, and scroll down to the browser yous desire to prepare equally your default, Google Chrome, say.

3. In each setting listed -- .html, for instance, or .pdf -- tap the default file type or link type and select the browser you desire to apply with that type. You may come across several dozen file types, simply probably can go away with setting the first 10 with your browser of choice. You can besides go back and adjust other settings.

For more, here are our favorite Windows xi features, what we know about running Android apps on Windows eleven and how to see if your PC can run Windows 11.