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Open a new tab to Google.com

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Right now for some reason when a new tab is opened, it opens to "BING" I do not like "BING" I want a new tab to always open to " Google" How do I correct this?

Right now for some reason when a new tab is opened, it opens to "BING" I do not like "BING" I want a new tab to always open to " Google" How do I correct this?

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In the search bar to the right of your address bar, click the drop-down arrow and click Manage Search Engines. Click on Google and drag it to the top of the list, then click OK.

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Open a new window or tab. In the address bar, type about:config. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. This is where Firefox finds information it needs to run. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Enter browser.newtab.url and press enter. browser.newtab.url tells Firefox what to show when a new tab is opened. If you want, right click and select Modify. You can change the setting to;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any web page you want.

The same instructions are used for the new window setting, listed as browser.startup.homepage.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see: