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Change Default Search in Firefox

Change Your Default SearchTired of having Google as the default search engine in Firefox? Maybe it is another search engine’s turn to be on top?! If you feel the urge to dethrone Google as the default search engine for your Firefox search box - this is how you can get it done:

In your address bar, type in: “about:config”

Inside of the filter search box, type in:

browser.search.defaultenginename

Double click that entry (or right click and choose “Modify”) and then type in the name of the search engine you wish to have as the default search engine. It must be one that you already have installed and also make sure you type in the name correctly.

Now if you type in “Yahoo”, restart Firefox and when your browser comes back up you will see the red Yahoo “Y” and Yahoo as your default search engine.

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Comments and Feedback

BobR said on January 14, 2008 (permalink)

Always wondered if you could do this. Now all you need to figure out is a better search engine than Google. ;)

LouCypher said on January 15, 2008 (permalink)

Why bother to use about:config? What’s wrong with changing it directly by clicking the searchbar icon and select a prefer search engine?

fine said on February 5, 2008 (permalink)

Try clusty as an alternative search engine

manish said on November 19, 2008 (permalink)

hi i have a question ,
how can we set a search engine as default at its installation time dynamically

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