Change your default search settings in Firefox
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Unless you choose another search engine in the Search bar, Firefox will use your default search engine to perform a search. Learn how to change the default to your preferred search engine.
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Available search engines
Firefox comes with the following search engines by default:
- Yahoo for searching the web via Yahoo
- Google for searching the web via Google
- Bing for searching the web via Microsoft Bing
- Amazon.com for searching for products on the Amazon.com retail website
- DuckDuckGo as a search engine for users who don't want to be tracked when they search
- eBay for looking up items for sale or auction at eBay
- Twitter for searching people on Twitter
- Wikipedia (en) for searching the English Wikipedia free online encyclopedia
To add or remove search engines, see Add or remove a search engine in Firefox.
Set a default search engine
Follow these simple steps to set your favorite search engine as the default:
- Click the magnifying glass in the Search bar on your toolbar, then click
- In the search preferences window, select a default search engine in the drop-down menu.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.
Windows 10 users: If you'd like to use the same search engine for Cortana searches, put a check mark next to Use this search engine for searches from Windows.
Turn search suggestions on or off
- Click the magnifying glass in the Search bar on your toolbar, then click
- In the search preferences window, add or remove the check mark next to Provide search suggestions to turn them on or off.
- Close the page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.