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I stupidly "plugged in" a search engine from Merriam Webster Dictionary into the Google screen in Firefox. HELP.

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I have stupidly "plugged in" Merriam Webster Dictionary into the Google screen in Firefox, because I was setting up Google via my mobile (Galaxy A5 using Android) & was distracted by a pop up advert (the old old story ...). The Merriam Webster Dictionary search engine now does not allow me to access the Google search page at all.

I cannot find the MWD software in my programs list (accessed via the Windows 7 Start button) so there is no obvious way of uninstalling it.

My apologies in advance. I am aged 69 & my theoretical knowledge of IT is almost zero so please keep your answers simple. Thanks.

I have stupidly "plugged in" Merriam Webster Dictionary into the Google screen in Firefox, because I was setting up Google via my mobile (Galaxy A5 using Android) & was distracted by a pop up advert (the old old story ...). The Merriam Webster Dictionary search engine now does not allow me to access the Google search page at all. I cannot find the MWD software in my programs list (accessed via the Windows 7 Start button) so there is no obvious way of uninstalling it. My apologies in advance. I am aged 69 & my theoretical knowledge of IT is almost zero so please keep your answers simple. Thanks.

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Make sure that Google is selected as the default search engine in case you have changed the default to Merriam Webster Dictionary.

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cor-el
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Can you attach a screenshot that shows this Merriam Webster Dictionary item ?

  • use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot
  • make sure you do not exceed the maximum size of 1 MB

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Thanks for your answers cor-el & phillip but I am very tired & my brain is tired. But tomorrow I will learn how to take a Screenshot of the page with the problem & a Screenshot of the Dialogue Box.

Apologies for sending a 2nd query which ought to be the follow-up to the first query.

Fortunately the Google search engine is working OK in Firefox on my mobile.

I am logging off & will follow-up tomorrow.

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Make sure that Google is selected as the default search engine in case you have changed the default to Merriam Webster Dictionary.

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SKirby
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Thank you, co-rel. Yes, I had accidentally changed the default search engine to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

Problem solved!