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Writing "ebay" in the search tab autocompletes to ebay.de but I land in ebay.co.uk. How can I fix this?

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I get redirected to a different URL although my browser autocomplete my ebay adress with ".de". This only happens with ebay.

I get redirected to a different URL although my browser autocomplete my ebay adress with ".de". This only happens with ebay.

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I was having ebay as a search engine and now I removed it and the problem is gone :D I also changed some langugage setting in google so I'm not really sure if that was the problem, but its gone....for now!

Thank you, folks!

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That would be the form filler built into Firefox. Click in the field, enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry. Then press Delete (Mac=Shift Delete). Repeat as needed.

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FredMcD said

That would be the form filler built into Firefox. Click in the field, enter a character or two and STOP ! Using the arrow keys, highlight an unwanted entry. Then press Delete (Mac=Shift Delete). Repeat as needed.

The filler works fine - it is filling with ".de" and this is where I want to go. The problem is that despite the right fill I land in ".co.uk"

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Hi hybritect,

Would you disable your extension 'NordVPN Proxy Extension - Privacy & Security ' and see if that will make a difference  ?

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Hello, it doesn't.

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the <Shift> (Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?

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hybritect said

Hello, it doesn't.

I was kind of hoping that would be it ....

When you registered for eBay, did you select Germany  ?

See :

https://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/account/change-country.html

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I was having ebay as a search engine and now I removed it and the problem is gone :D I also changed some langugage setting in google so I'm not really sure if that was the problem, but its gone....for now!

Thank you, folks!

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That was very good work. Well done. Please flag your last post as Solved Problem so others will know.

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hybritect said

I was having ebay as a search engine and now I removed it and the problem is gone :D

Would have made it a lot easier had we known that you used eBay as your search engine ......

I also changed some langugage setting in google so I'm not really sure if that was the problem, but its gone....for now!

Well, good for you to have figured it out and solved the problem  !

Would you be so kind as to mark your own, last post as Chosen Solution  ?

Thank you in advance  !

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Murphy said

hybritect said
I was having ebay as a search engine and now I removed it and the problem is gone :D

Would have made it a lot easier had we known that you used eBay as your search engine ......

I also changed some langugage setting in google so I'm not really sure if that was the problem, but its gone....for now!

Well, good for you to have figured it out and solved the problem  !

Would you be so kind as to mark your own, last post as Chosen Solution  ?

Thank you in advance  !

I had multiple search engines and completely forgot about the ebay one... :D

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Quoting you :

" I had multiple search engines and completely forgot about the ebay one... "

Totally understandable - no worries  !  :D