Nov262012

How to change the default search engine of address bar to Google?

Osama Javaid asks:

We all know that the address bar of google chrome as well as firefox serve as a search engine from google but sometimes some malicious software changes that search engine into something else, I explored all options of the browsers, uninstalled all add-ons related to that but I couldn’t revert it back to google search. What to do?


Browser: Firefox 17.0
System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
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Mike Smith

November 26, 2012

go to google search page then go to: tools, options then click on”make current page my home page” and reset firefox or whatever browser your using.

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Junil Maharjan

November 26, 2012

please check this webpage http://www.technipages.com/firefox-change-address-bar-search-provider.html

the given link is for firefox only.

for chrome you can check in the advanced settings if the address bar search is enabled or not.

hope this helped you.

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Samarth Hegde

November 26, 2012

hey… some of them might not show up there… soo.. check in control panel ” uninstall programs” there uninstall the software which might be the default tab for u r browser.
funmoods is sort of that kind!!! :)

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Raj Sarkar

November 26, 2012

Try resetting or reinstalling your browser.
In order to avoid this in the future, I would recommend that you review each options while installing a new software.

Douglas Mutay

I agree with you Raj.

December 4, 2012
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Prasanth Mathialagan

November 26, 2012

Try some browser add-on removing applications. It might help

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Dave Rimmer

November 26, 2012

I think you mean google search in the address bar, just click on the search bat a drop down will appear the just choose google from it and make it the default search .

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Abba Jee

November 26, 2012

did you check out your installed programs, you should find there who hijacked your browesers homepage and even default search engine , once that program is uninstalled your issue will be resolved :)

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Jurmy Chris

November 26, 2012

Google Chrome–>Settings( up-right)–>On Start up–>Open a specific page–>Paste the Google URL in the field

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Minhaj Jayafar

November 26, 2012

OPEN BROWSER THEN GO TO ‘TOOLS’ THEN ‘OPTIONS’ THEN ‘GENERAL’ TAB IN ‘HOME PAGE’ TYPE ‘WWW.GOOGLE.COM’ CLICK ON ‘USE CURRENT PAGES’ THEN ‘OK’

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Ron Lister

November 27, 2012

For fire fox on the address bar search engine there is a little arrow just after the search engine icon if you click it a dropdown menu showing all the search engines you have available click manage search engines at the bottom now if you have google select google then click the move up button till its the top one, if google is not there then click the link that sais get more search engines. Hope that was what you ment and hope it helps.

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Osama Javaid

November 27, 2012

nobody is understanding my question, i don’t want to make google my homepage or set it in search engine bar….i mean by default the address bar is also a google box, i want to bring that functionality back.

Mike Merritt

At the very least, you should look at this link:
http://www.technipages.com/firefox-change-address-bar-search-provider.html
and confirm that your “about:Config” is set to search on the provider that you want.

November 30, 2012
Osama Javaid

thanks, that’s what I wanted.

December 3, 2012
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Duy Nguyen Minh

November 28, 2012

After uninstalledall add-ons you go Google Chrome–>tools, options then click on”make current page my home page

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Md Nur-Un-Nabi Tutul

November 28, 2012

Osama Javaid, at first try to unsinstall the software that is causing the problem from control panel. Then in Mozilla Firebox beside the address bar u will find a option to select the search engine u would like to use on your right hand side at the top. For Chrome go to settings, then select Open a specific page or set of pages from start up option. You can also change the search engine from the search option beside managing the search engines. Hope this solves your problem.

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Alex Perkins

November 28, 2012

This is for Chrome:
top right, 3 horizontal lines > settings > 4th down heading should be Search > set that to Google and that should be it.

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Eath Chantrea

November 30, 2012

Go to tool>option>type http://www.google.com on homepage box>ok.

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Suman Thapa

December 3, 2012

Go to your address bar
Type about:config
search for keyword.URL
reset the value to default or
use “https://www.google.com/search?q=”

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rohit pandey

December 4, 2012

go to…
Control Panel\Network and Internet
and click on “change your homepage” and set the homepage as google.com

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rohit pandey

December 4, 2012
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Sashi Peiris

December 6, 2012

Type chrome://chrome/settings/ into the address bar. Find the search category and change it to Google

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