How To Set Google As Preferred Search Engine

Windows 11 on a Microsoft Surface Laptop — You can change your default search engine in Edge and other browsers on Windows eleven.
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More than 93% of U.s. spider web searches are washed with Google, but Windows 11 is set to Microsoft'due south Bing search engine by default. If you prefer the results you get from Google's search engine, it's like shooting fish in a barrel enough to make Google search the default. We'll prove you how.

Windows eleven doesn't let y'all set a default search engine systemwide across all browsers, even so. It'south easy 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're shopping for -- y'all can set one of those, too.

Hither'south how to change your default search engine in Windows 11. For more on Microsoft'southward new Bone, here's what has changed since Windows ten, what nosotros wished had been included andhow you lot'll become 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'south browser uses.

i. In Edge, from the "Settings and more" menu up in the top-correct corner, cull Settings.

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

iii. Scroll down, and near the lesser in the Services section, choose Address bar and search.

4. In the drop-down bill of fare to the right of the "Search engine used in address bar," cull the search engine you want to use.

5. If you lot don't notice the search engine you're looking for in the list, choose Manage search engines so tap the Add button in the upper-right corner to add the one you want.

Google Chrome: How to change the default search engine

You don't need to apply Edge in Windows 11 of grade (if you want to change to another browser, we comprehend that below). Hither's how to change the default search engine in Google web browser.

i. In Chrome, from the "Customize and control" menu in the superlative-right corner, choose Settings.

2. Over on the left, choose Search engine.

3. In the Search engine section, utilise the drop-downwardly carte du jour to the correct of "Search engine used in the address bar" to set up your default search engine.

4. You can manage the search engines Chrome uses in the section right beneath, in Manage search engines.

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Firefox: How to change the default search engine

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

1. In Firefox, from the Open Application menu in the superlative-right corner, choose Settings.

2. Over in the left-manus column, choose Search.

3. In the Default Search Engine section, from the drib-down menu, select your default search engine.

four. If you don't run across the search engine you want to utilise, scroll downwardly to the lesser of the page, tap Find more search engines and search for the service you desire to apply.

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

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

Note, that this volition require a few steps.

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

2. Now tap Default apps, and scroll down to the browser y'all want to set as your default, Google Chrome, say.

3. In each setting listed -- .html, for example, or .pdf -- tap the default file type or link blazon and select the browser you desire to use with that type. You lot may see several dozen file types, only probably tin can get abroad with setting the first 10 with your browser of choice. You can also go back and adjust other settings.

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