How to Change the Default Search Engine in the Internet Browser?

We are living in TL;DR¹ world and I got only 15 seconds to give you an IT advice. In this series, I will try to do this. Here we go with how to change the default search engine in the internet browser.

Microsoft Edge (Windows, macOS)

• Click the menu button … and select Settings
• Select Privacy, Search, and Services from left menu
• Scroll down to Services section
• Click on Address bar and search
• From Search engine used in the address bar dropdown select desired search engine.

Google Chrome (Windows, macOS)

• Click the menu button ⋮ and select Settings
• Select Search engine from left menu
• From Search engine used in address bar dropdown select desired search engine.

Mozilla Firefox (Windows, macOS)

• Click the menu button ☰ and select Settings
• Select Search from left menu
• From Default Search Engine dropdown select desired search engine.

Safari (macOS)

• From top menu select Safari and Preferences…
• Click on Search icon
• From Search engine dropdown select desired search engine.

Opera (Windows, macOS)

• Click Opera logo in top-left part of the window and select Settings (Windows), or
• From top menu bar select Opera and Preferences… (macOS)
• Scroll down to Search engine section
• From Search engine used in address bar dropdown select desired search engine.

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