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When I search for something, firefox opens a new tab with the results. How can I change the settings to where it will all stay in the same tab?

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When I search something Firefox automatically opens a new tab with the results of this search. How do I change the settings to where the results will appear in the same tab as where I conducted the search?

When I search something Firefox automatically opens a new tab with the results of this search. How do I change the settings to where the results will appear in the same tab as where I conducted the search?

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Whether to open search results in new window most often is a setting of the search engine you are using.

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Seçilmiş Həll

Whether to open search results in new window most often is a setting of the search engine you are using.

Modified by Svetlana

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Ah, thank you so much! :) I've solved it now. Thank you again!