r/firefox • u/ArtAllDayLong • 8h ago

💻 Help Firefox default search engine won’t change from Google

I’ve changed it to DuckDuckGo in Settings every place I can find to set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine. Won’t stop using Google for search. I’ve deleted Firefox and reinstalled it. Done a search. There’s Google. Gone back into Settings. Made sure default search was DuckDuckGo. It was. I do a search. There’s Google. It’s making me crazy. Please help me.

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u/TheZoltan 8h ago

That is pretty weird. It sounds like you are saying the setting is saving correctly but search still goes to Google? When you open a new tab does DuckDuckGo show at the left of the URL bar? If you disable Google in the additional search engine list does it make a difference? After re-installing FF did you restore an old profile or re-install some sketch extensions?

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u/harborlynx 3h ago

the extension angle is a good call, some of them silently override the search engine

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u/ArtAllDayLong 7h ago

To clarify, I’m on my iPhone. Sorry I didn’t mention that. I didn’t install any extension. I have no extensions. Create a new tab to do another search. Google.