Set the default search engine. Manage search engines used in the Google Chrome browser

Default search is very important and useful function. Thanks to it, the user can quickly and conveniently find information on any request in his favorite search service. The largest representatives of the search market in the world and the CIS region in particular understand this. The companies Yandex and Mail.Ru are behaving quite aggressively here. They are constantly trying to change the default competitive search in the browser to their own in not entirely honest ways. However, many people prefer search from the world leader in this segment - Google. Having completed simple steps you can change the search in Firefox to the one you like. Today we'll look at how to make Google your default search. Mozilla Firefox. Please note that it is better to first remove [email protected], Yandex.Bar or other add-ons, if you have them installed, of course, as they can block these changes.

In the search bar (easy option)
	In most cases, just click on the arrow on the left side search string and select Google. Quite simple.
In the search bar (a little more complicated)
	If in Google list is missing, it can be returned. To do this, click on the above arrow and select the menu item Search engine management....
	A new window will open. Click on the button there Restore default set. After this, Google should appear in the list. Click OK and carry out the procedure from point No. 1.
In the address bar (the so-called “smart line”)
	In addition to the search bar, there is an address bar. You can also enter search queries there. To change its settings you need to enter the command into it and confirm your desire to change settings with the button I promise I'll be careful!.
	It is necessary to change the values ​​of some variables. To do this, enter the value in the Search line . A variable with a description and value will appear below. Double-click on it and a window with an input prompt will open. Enter it there and click “Ok”. After this, you need to assign to the variable in the same way browser.search.selectedengine meaning , and the variable keyword.URL meaning For prevention, you can reload the browser (although it should work without this).

Modern version Google Chrome has enough convenient function– you can enter search queries directly into the address bar. You don't have to open Google.com or Yandex.ru every time you want to surf the Internet. By default, this browser has a search engine installed from the program developer - Google. If you are used to another search engine and want to change it, you can do this through the browser settings menu. In this article we will consider the following topic: “How to change the default search engine in Google Chrome?”

In order to change the active search engine or add a new one, users will need to enter the browser configuration menu. If you don't know how to do this, follow a few simple steps according to the instructions provided:

Additional features

If you want, you can control search in Chrome using your voice. To do this, you just need to connect a microphone or webcam to personal computer or change Google settings Chrome. Let's look at this topic in more detail:

Learn more about Smart Search

This interface element is called an omnibox. With its help, you can enter both website addresses for subsequent navigation and search queries in one field. In this case, the system will analyze the already entered part of the request in real time and provide you with hints.

First, what is a “default search engine?” In many browsers, in order to find information on the Internet, you no longer need to first remember and enter the address of the search engine, and then enter a search query on the search page. Now everything is simple - I typed it search phrase in the same Mozilla FireFox, press the Enter button, and immediately get search results!

But this is where the main trouble arises. For example, I’m used to using the search from google.com, but some annoying infection reconfigured the search to automatic use something like poisk.urypinsk.ws, which I absolutely do not like!

Here's how to change automatic search“by default” I’ll tell you in this post.

Mozilla Firefox

Attention! Some additions ( for example Yandex.Bar or [email protected]) block changing the default search engine. Therefore, to successfully change the search engine, you must first go to the menu at the top left “Firefox” -> “Add-ons” (or press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+A) and selecting the “Extensions” tab in the window that opens and disable everything that is possible.

To change the default search in Mozilla Firefox you need to run the following actions:

Launch Firefox and address bar dial about:config and click the button Enter". A warning will appear on the screen stating that clumsiness and inattention can lead to the breakdown of Firefox. If you are confident in your abilities, feel free to press the “ I promise I'll be careful!«

In the address bar, type ‘about:config’ without quotes and press Enter

After this you will see a long list of settings. Names on the left, meanings on the right. You need to find a setting with the name keyword.URL, which is responsible for searching directly from the address bar. To do this, it is enough in the field “ Filter» enter the name of the setting ( keyword.URL).

Let's open the default search settings...

After you find the desired line— double-click on the name. And when the window with the search bar opens, enter a new one there.

If you want to see google.com:

http://www.google.ru/search?hl=ru&q=

If you like Yandex:

http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?clid=9582&text=

If you need a search from mail.ru:

http://go.mail.ru/search?q=

Enter new line search

All. After you press " OK"don't forget to reboot ( or log out-log in under your user via “Start” - “Change user” - “Exit”)!

Everyone chooses a browser to their liking and uses the search engine where it is easiest for them to find answers to questions. The search engines Yandex and Google are the most popular in RuNet, but each of them has its fans and opponents. I am sure that a user who likes Yandex search will find fault and scold Google for the fact that it is impossible to find something there. In the same way, a person who uses Google hates Yandex (in most cases this is true, but not always). In general, which search to use is everyone’s personal choice.

Why is the search provider changing?

Many applications or plugins can be installed on the user’s computer in addition to their main purpose certain programs, toolbars in browsers, change the default start page of the browser or search provider. The result is dissatisfaction and irritation. After all search is underway not in the right way and in the wrong search engine. When installing Skype, we suggest installing the main Bing search engine and adding a toolbar to the browser. You may also accidentally find yourself the “lucky” owner of a default search from Ask.com or a search from Mail.ru. In this case, you have to reassign Yandex as the default search.

How to make Yandex the default in Chrome

Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers and uses it a lot a large number of of people. The browser integrates many features from Google, and you can select Yandex as the default search by following simple steps:

1. Open sidebar.
2. Go to settings.
3. Select your default search engine.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in setting up a search in Google Chrome.

Yandex search by default in Opera

Opera in RuNet is extremely popular. There are many plugins and extensions for the browser; to make Yandex the default search, you should follow these steps:

1. Open sidebar
2. Go to settings
3. Select Yandex from the drop-down list.
4. Click the “Finish” button

Mozilla - how to make Yandex the default search

Mozilla Firefox is still popular, despite the fact that this browser is losing ground compared to others. Firefox, like other browsers, supports changing search providers, so you can easily make Yandex the default search in Mozilla Firefox.

Yandex search by default in Internet Explorer (IE)

Despite the fact that Microsoft is trying to integrate as closely as possible native applications and add-ons, IE for Windows 7, 8, 10 has options for using search providers that differ from the recommended ones by Microsoft. So, instead of the one offered by Bing, you can use Google, Yandex or others search services for default search. How to change search provider in IE?

Why did it change? start page or has Yandex ceased to be the default search?

If you restart your browser or after reboot Windows the start page in your browser changes, the browser opens some “left” pages, and Yandex is no longer the default search engine, then most likely a virus or malware has appeared on your computer software. The following programs can change search providers:

• The Mail.ru family is a satellite and guard.
• Browser extensions and add-ons.
• Browser managers.
• Automatic driver updates, cleaners and other applications that “should help” the user.

These programs are registered in startup and run when the system starts. So, if there are signs of activity similar programs, you should audit the applications and browser add-ons installed on your computer.

Google Chrome allows you to Web search directly from the address bar at the top of the browser window (also called the "universal search box"). If you enter search terms here, it will automatically display search results from a search engine such as Google.

You can specify the search engine that the address bar will use by default.

Default search engine settings

Address Google string Chrome uses by default Google search to display search results, but you can use another search engine:

If the search engine you want is not listed, follow these steps to add it as a new search engine.

Adding, changing and removing search engines

Google Chrome browser automatically saves the list search engines that we encountered while watching. For example, if you visit the page https://www.youtube.com, the browser will automatically detect and add a search engine YouTube system to the list of search engines that you can use. Therefore, you will be able to search YouTube directly from the address bar without even going to that site.

To manually add, edit or delete search engines in your browser, do the following:

Learn more about search engine settings

Below are some tips on the information you need to provide for each search engine.

• Adding a new search engine. Enter a tag for the search engine.
• Keyword . Enter the text combination you want to use for this search engine. For quick access Use the keyword in the address bar for this search engine.
• URL. Enter the search engine address.

To find the corresponding web address, follow these steps:

1. Open the search engine you want to add.
2. Perform a search.
3. Copy and paste the web address of the search results page into the URL field. remember, that Page URL search results is different from the website URL. For example, you access Google at http://www.google.com, but you need to add the URL of the search results page, for example, http://www.google.com/search?q=XYZ, if you searched for "xyz".
4. Replace the search term in the URL with %s . For example, for a search engine Google systems The final search engine URL will be http://www.google.com/search?q=%s . When entering search query in the address bar, %s will be automatically replaced with your search term.

Make sure you include %s in the URL. Otherwise you will not be able to configure this search engine as default search engine.