How to Change Search Engine in Microsoft Edge

Don’t like the default Bing search in the Edge Browser? You can change it. Here is how to change the default search engine in Edge.

Unlike the old Edge, the current Edge browser is based on the Chromium project. As a result, Microsoft Edge is highly customizable, fast, neat, and snappy. In fact, you can install chrome extensions in the edge browser. Because it is a Microsoft browser, it comes with Bing as the default search engine. Bing, contrary to popular belief, is not a bad search engine. In fact, it can occasionally outperform Google Search. However, in terms of reliable and accurate search results, it lags behind Google.

So it’s no surprise that most prefer Google over Bing as their preferred search engine. If this is the case, you can change Microsoft Edge’s default search engine.

If you’re curious, it only takes a few clicks to get started. Let me show you how to change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge.

Table of contents:

• Change search engine in Microsoft Edge
• Search engine support in Microsoft Edge

Change search engine in Microsoft Edge

You can change the Edge address bar search engine from the Settings app. All you have to do is select your favorite search engine from the dropdown menu and you are done. Here’s how.

1. Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
2. Click the “Menu” icon.
3. Select the “Settings” option.
4. Go to the “Privacy, search, and services” page.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
6. Click the “Address bar and search” option.
7. Choose a search engine from the “Search engine used in the address bar.”
8. Choose “Address bar” from the “Search on new tabs uses search box or address bar” dropdown.
9. With that, you changed the search engine in the Edge browser.
10. Close the Microsoft Edge browser, if necessary.

Steps with more details:

First, open the Edge browser. You can click the pinned Edge icon on the taskbar or search for “Microsoft Edge” in the Start menu.

After launching the Edge browser, click the “Menu” button in the upper right corner and select “Settings.” This action takes you to the Edge settings page.

On the settings page, select the “Privacy, search, and services” option on the left panel. Scroll down on the right panel and click the “Address bar and search” option.

Choose “Google” from the “Search engine used in the address bar” dropdown menu. Next, select “Address bar” from the “Search on new tabs uses search box or address bar” menu. It makes it so that whenever you search via the new tab search bar, it automatically uses the address bar. That way, your search experience will be consistent.

That is it. As soon as you select the Google search engine, the settings are automatically saved. From now on you can search from the address bar using the google search engine. i.e., you have successfully changed the search engine in Microsoft Edge.

Can I use any other search engine apart from Google?

You can use any other search engine in Microsoft Edge if you don’t want to use Google. Microsoft Edge supports Google, DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo search engines out of the box.

You can also add your preferred search engines if necessary. To do so, launch the Edge browser and navigate to “Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Address bar and search.” Click the “Manage search engines” option.

Then, click the “Add” button. Fill out the “Add search engine” form and click the “Add” button. Return to the “Address bar and search” page, and then choose the new search engine from the dropdown menu.

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That is all. It is that simple to change the search engine in the Microsoft Edge browser.

I hope this simple and easy Edge how-to guide helped you.

If you are stuck or need some help, send an email, and I will try to help as much as possible.