This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Search engine defults

  • 1 cavab
  • 1 has this problem
  • 25 views
  • Last reply by FredMcD

more options

The new version forces us to use Yahoo, i have manage to get new tabs going to google, and to set my home page to google BUT if i type a search string into the top bar where you type web addresses it goes to yahoo, I dont like Yahoo search its not as usefull as the google search.

The new version forces us to use Yahoo, i have manage to get new tabs going to google, and to set my home page to google BUT if i type a search string into the top bar where you type web addresses it goes to yahoo, I dont like Yahoo search its not as usefull as the google search.

All Replies (1)

more options

Type about:preferences#search<enter> in the address bar. You can select any search engine to be your default from here.

You can also remove any engine from here.