How to Change the Default Search Engine in Google Chrome

Part of the crushed Google decided to commencement processing its own Chrome browser—all the mode backmost successful 2008—was to funnel radical toward each of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of course, Chrome has Google’s hunt motor built close in.

However, if you emotion Google Chrome but you've decided you've had capable of Google search, you tin alteration the default hunt motor successful the browser. You tin power to Bing, DuckDuckGo, oregon whichever alternate hunt motor you like.

Maybe you consciousness you've spent capable of your beingness scrolling done Google's sponsored links, oregon possibly you'd alternatively usage a hunt motor without immoderate AI successful it. Whatever the reason, here's however to alteration the default hunt motor successful Google Chrome.

Set Your Search Engine

By default, erstwhile you benignant retired a hunt query successful the code barroom astatine the apical of the Chrome interface and deed Enter, you'll spot results from Google search. You'll besides spot the Google hunt motor beforehand and halfway if you unfastened up a caller tab successful the browser. Both these settings tin beryllium changed from their archetypal configurations.

To take a caller hunt motor for the code bar, click the 3 dots successful a browser tab (top right), past take Settings. On the Search engine tab, click Manage hunt engines and search. You get 5 options you tin rhythm between, and immoderate alternatives volition already beryllium listed. If the hunt motor you privation to usage is listed here, click the 3 dots to the close of it, and take Make default. If you can't spot the hunt enactment you want, click Add adjacent to Site hunt beneath the hunt motor list.