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Firefox automatically reverts the default search engine to Yahoo after every update. I would like to know how I can prevent the browser from doing that.

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Firefox automatically reverts the default search engine to Yahoo after every update. I would like to either know how I can prevent the browser from doing that or get Firefox to stop this from happening over and over by updating the application. I have to manually remove the default browser and select my chosen one after each update. It's getting a little bit ridiculous.

Firefox automatically reverts the default search engine to Yahoo after every update. I would like to either know how I can prevent the browser from doing that or get Firefox to stop this from happening over and over by updating the application. I have to manually remove the default browser and select my chosen one after each update. It's getting a little bit ridiculous.

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Neither the Firefox web browser nor Mozilla is reverting your Search Engine to Yahoo. Something else is doing this.

Firefox from mozilla.org does not even come with Yahoo as a search engine option anymore since Fx 57 and later due in part with the legal dispute with Yahoo


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox

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Does this happen every time you restart Firefox or only when Firefox updates to a new version?

You may want to review the How to fix preferences that won't save documentation to see if anything in there can help you.

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Neither the Firefox web browser nor Mozilla is reverting your Search Engine to Yahoo. Something else is doing this.

Firefox from mozilla.org does not even come with Yahoo as a search engine option anymore since Fx 57 and later due in part with the legal dispute with Yahoo


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox

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It only happens when Firefox updates to a new version. I am going to review all the solutions that you guys sent me. Hopefully one of them will do the trick.