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ok so I am using firefox on my school computer and I recently I used bing for my xbox to get points. but when I used bing all of a sudden yahoo is my search engine even the in settings it says google. I hate yahoo does anyone know how to get google back?

ok so I am using firefox on my school computer and I recently I used bing for my xbox to get points. but when I used bing all of a sudden yahoo is my search engine even the in settings it says google. I hate yahoo does anyone know how to get google back?
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This is usually caused by an extension that overrides the default search engine setting. This extension may not be visible on the about:addons page, so you can check the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page or start Firefox in Safe Mode to see if it shows that way.

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This is usually caused by an extension that overrides the default search engine setting. This extension may not be visible on the about:addons page, so you can check the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page or start Firefox in Safe Mode to see if it shows that way.

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thanks so much it worked!!