How to change the default search engine in Opera. Change the search engine of the Opera browser How to change the default search
In modern browsers, it is possible to search in popular search engines. Usually, one search engine is chosen as the main one, which may be inconvenient for you. How to change the default search?
Through the services provided by the browser, it is convenient in that you do not need to first enter the address of the search engine, and then “ask” Google or Yandex for what you want to know. you've had enough enter your query in the browser search bar or even in the address bar, and the browser will open the search engine page for you already with the search results.
Usually the browser is configured default search- that is, one of the search engines is selected as the main one. But this search engine is not always user-friendly. Also, some programs can change the default search if you forget to uncheck the corresponding box. How to change the default search in this case?
Mozilla Firefox
Change the default search engine in Mozilla Firefox search bar pretty simple. Click on the arrow next to the search engine icon in the search bar: a drop-down list of available search engines will appear, and at the bottom there will be an item "Manage Search Plugins". Click on it, a window with a list of available search engines will open. Select the desired system with a single mouse click and move it to the top of the list by pressing the “Up” button.
If you need to change the default search in address bar Mozilla Firefox, enter text into it about:config. A warning pops up. Click on the "I promise I'll be careful!" button. A list of parameters (keys) that can be assigned specific values will open.
In the "filter" line, enter Keyword.URL. There should be one key left in the list. Right click on it and select context menu"Change". Enter the appropriate meaning:
- For Google - http://www.google.com/search?q=
- For Yandex - http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=
- For Bing - http://www.bing.com/search?q=
You can substitute other domains, for example, google.ru or yandex.ua. Click OK- default search changed!
Opera
To change default search engine in Opera, click on the arrow next to the icon of the current main search engine in the search bar and select the last line in the drop-down list of search engines - "Configure search". Also, the search settings can be opened by successively selecting "Menu" - "Settings" - "General settings" - the "Search" tab.
In the window that opens, select with a single mouse click the search engine that you want to make the default search, and click on the "Edit" button. In the window that opens, click on the "Details" button and check the checkbox "Use as default search provider". Click on the OK button to save the changes.
In addition, when searching through the address bar, you can select the desired search engine, by adding a certain Latin letter before the text of the search query, for example, g for Google, y for Yandex, m for [email protected], w for Wikipedia. For example, if you enter “y school” in the address bar, search results for the word “school” in the Yandex search engine will open.
Internet Explorer
In browser Internet Explorer the default search is performed by the Bing search engine. To set a different search engine as your default search, in the main menu of the browser, find the "Tools" item, click on it and select "Internet Options" in the drop-down list.
In the window that opens, select the "General" tab (it will be active by default), find the "Search" item in it and click on the "Options" button. The search options window should open. It will be possible to see list of available search engines, next to one of them there will be a mark "by default".
Click on the name of the search engine that will be used for the default search, and click on the "Set Defaults" button. Then click on the OK button in the Search Properties and Internet Options window and restart your browser.
Google Chrome
To change default search engine Google browser Chrome, click the wrench icon (located on the browser toolbar) and select Options. In the options window, go to the "General" tab, find the "Search by default" section in it. Select the desired search engine in the drop-down menu, if it is not there - click "Manage" and in the "Search Engines" dialog box that opens, select the desired search engine. Click "Make Default Search Engine", then click the "Close" button.
Hello everyone who has visited our site. Today we will look at how to set or change the search engine in Google Chrome. You probably know that in modern browsers the address bar is also the search bar. We calmly enter our search query there, and the system gives us the results. In different browsers, this system may differ: in one, Yandex is installed by default, in the other, Google.
Each of us has our own preferences for working with a particular search service. And so sometimes there are times when the default search engine does not cause our sympathy. In this case, it can be changed.
How to change the search engine
To do this, go to the main menu Chrome browser and select " Settings»
Then in the section Search»From the drop-down list, select the desired service that will process our search queries.
As you can see, you can choose Yandex, Mail.ru. Google by default. We select any from the list and now the selected system will answer your questions.
If this is enough for you, and you have learned how to change the search service in the browser, then thanks for your attention and further success. You can move to another page.
However, the current article would be incomplete if we overlooked managing search engines and adding our own.
For additional settings, click on the button Set up search engines...»
A window will open in which we see the installed search services. And below are additional ones from various sites where we once looked for something. A little lower there will be fields for entering the data of the search system that you want to add.
Let's start with the top block (main). You can also make it the main search system here, point to the one you need, the button “ Use by default", click on it. If you need to delete a service, then click on the cross on the right.
Adding a search engine
As an example, let's add a search from the free ads site - Avito. This can be quite useful if you are often looking for inexpensive products and buy through this portal. But first look at the previous screenshot. To add, we need to specify a link with parameters in the third field. Where can I get it?
We go to Avito (or another site that you want to add to the list of search engines), select your city, region in which you will search.
Now let's find ads for the sale of the sofa. Enter the word "sofa" and press the search (you can just press the Enter key) /
We are not interested in sofas, we need to see how the link is formed, which we can then use. Let's look at the address bar and look carefully. Let's take it apart
So, first comes (avito.com), then the name of our region or city is indicated (in our case, angarsk), and then comes the search parameter (?q=), equal to our query "sofa". We need to copy the entire link except for the desired request (https://www.avito.ru/angarsk?q=) and paste it into the third field
In the first field we indicate the name of our search system, in the second word for quick access. Once all the fields have been filled in, we click anywhere on the screen and our service has been successfully added.
Let's make it the default. After that, it will move to the upper block.
Now let's check how it works. Let's enter any request and see that our created system processes it.
Search results will be on Avito from your city or region.
You can end there. Today we learned how to change the search engine in the browser and how to add an additional one.
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Today's article is about how to set default browser search engine. This should not be confused with the home page. Let's talk about the omnibox.
Omnibox- this is the address bar, by entering the URL in which you get to the site.
All modern browsers support the search function from the address bar. If you enter a phrase in the omnibox, you will automatically be redirected to the results of the installed search engine.
Most people use only one search engine. As a rule, Yandex or Google. Sometimes due to the aggressive policy of integrating their product on users' computers - Mail.ru. And even Amigo.
But not everyone knows what can be done so that the desired search engine opens when requested in the address bar.
But it's very convenient. You can remove unnecessary links in the search chain and save your time.
In addition, the setup itself is very simple.
Change search engine for omnibox in Google Chrome
The default search engine in Google Chrome is Google.. This can be changed in the browser settings. To do this, follow the simple instructions:
As you can see, only Google, Bing and Yandex. If none of them suits you, go to "Search Engine Management". There you can add a new one.
How to do it:
- Enter the name of the search engine in the input field "Add System";
- Enter any keyword, for example needsite ;
- Open the desired search engine and search for the word needsite;
- Copy the address from the address bar. In Mail.ru it will be like this: http://go.mail.ru/search?q=needsite. And in Rambler.ru - http://nova.rambler.ru/search?query=needsite;
- Next, in the address, replace needsite with %s . That is, in the final version it should turn out like this: http://go.mail.ru/search?q=%s and http://nova.rambler.ru/search?query=%s;
- Paste the resulting link into the last field and click "Ready".
Such simple manipulations can make the main search engine Yandex, Google or any other.
Set a search engine for the omnibox in Opera
Technology start search engine changes in the combined search bar of Opera is no different from the one already described for Google Chrome:
Since Yandex Browser, like Google Chrome and Opera, is based on chromium, the procedure default search engine settings will be identical.
The question of restoring the default search system often arises after some unwanted software changes it without permission.
Changing the search engine for the omnibox (combined address bar)
Open browser settings:
Click the button Set up search engines...:
Set a trusted system by default, for example, Yandex:
How to remove a search engine from a browser
Remove unwanted or unknown systems from the list, if any. (Often, malicious sites install their service by default without the knowledge of the user).
After deleting all unnecessary items, click the button Ready:
Attention! The default system cannot be deleted. To remove it, you must first assign another one by default.
How to add a new search engine to the browser
Let's say your favorite service is not on the list. For example, you accidentally deleted it. Here's how to add it.
1 Open the browser settings page:
2 Press the button Set up search engines...:
3 In the window that opens, add the new search provider to the list Other search engines.
To do this, you need to fill in three fields:
- system name
- keyword
- link with %s parameter
For example:
- Yandex
- yandex.ru
- http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%s
Below are the correct lines for different systems:
http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%s
(google:baseURL)search?q=%s&(google:RLZ)(google:originalQueryForSuggestion)(google:assistedQueryStats)(google:searchFieldtrialParameter)(google:bookmarkBarPinned)(google:searchClient)(google:sourceId)(google:instantExtendedEnabledParameter )(google:omniboxStartMarginParameter)(google:contextualSearchVersion)ie=(inputEncoding)
http://nova.rambler.ru/search?query=%s&osd=1
4 Press Enter or click on an empty field:
5 Move the mouse pointer over the contents of field #3 and click Use by default:
After that, your favorite service will become the default search engine in the current browser:
After that, you can close the settings page.
If search settings go wrong
If, after restarting the browser, the service you do not need is installed again by default, it is recommended to perform the following steps:
1. Check if the extension that controls the default search service is installed in the browser. Disable or remove any extensions you don't know about.
2. Close all browsers. End all browser processes in Task Manager.
3. Perform a system check with , and if possible .
4. Check if the browser shortcuts are correct. You can use the utility.
Every modern browser has such a setting as the default search engine. In some browsers, there are separate settings for searching from the address bar and the search bar on the toolbar, if the latter is selected as a separate element. However, in Firefox, for all places where you can enter a search query, there is only one setting, and today I will talk about how to change the search engine in Mozilla (you can read how to do this in the Opera browser).
In fact, this operation is performed in just a few clicks and does not require much knowledge in computer technology from the user. However, there is a class of programs that ensure that the user does not make changes to the operation of browsers and Internet settings. The issue of removing such programs (all kinds of Guards from Mail.ru and others) will also be touched upon today, but here everything will be limited to the usual removal of the application from the Windows control panel.
Changing browser settings
So, in order to change the search engine in FireFox, you will need:
- Launch the browser and click the menu button on the toolbar. This button is located in the upper right corner of the window, and is made in the form of an icon with three horizontal lines.
- Select "Settings" from the menu that appears.
- In the window that opens, go to the "Search" section.
- In the "Default search engine" block, select the search engine that you need from the list.
- Click OK at the bottom of the window to save your changes.
I have demonstrated the steps from this instruction in the following image:
Removing the Defenders
If, after you changed the Mozilla Firefox search engine, a notification appeared on the screen that these changes were canceled, or if the previous settings were restored after restarting the browser, then a protector application is probably installed on the system that does not allow the user to make changes to your internet settings.
Important! Most often, Mail.ru Defender is found on users' computers. Its icon can be seen in the notification area on the taskbar, and it can be easily removed using standard Windows tools. By the way, any application of this kind is located in the system tray next to the clock, and before continuing, take a look at the icons in this area.
Now let's move on to how to change the search engine in Mozilla if the changes made earlier were canceled by the program installed on the computer. We will need:
- Open the Windows control panel, for which you can either open the start menu and select the appropriate menu item (old OS), or open the charm bar (charm-bar), tap the "Settings" button and select the item (if you are working in Windows 8).
- Open the "Programs and Features" section.
- Find in the list desired program and right-click on its name, then select the "Delete" item in the context menu.
So, now you know how to change the search engine in Mozilla, and what applications can prevent you from changing search settings.
