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Why won't Firefox allow installment of Duck Duck Go as my search engine? I have tried and keep getting FireFox does not allow

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God Morning, I have been trying for 2 days to install Duck Duck Go as my search engine BUT when I try I receive a notice that FireFox does not allow the download. WHY!!! I am sick of Bing since now when you check to turn home page to gray, the next time I go to Bing the photos appear.

I REALLY want to download Duck Duck Go but can't which I find very frustrating.

Thanks for your assistance and replies!!! Sandra

God Morning, I have been trying for 2 days to install Duck Duck Go as my search engine BUT when I try I receive a notice that FireFox does not allow the download. WHY!!! I am sick of Bing since now when you check to turn home page to gray, the next time I go to Bing the photos appear. I REALLY want to download Duck Duck Go but can't which I find very frustrating. Thanks for your assistance and replies!!! Sandra

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The en-US version of Firefox comes with DuckDuckGo. But if you have a different localized version of Firefox installed, DDG may not be already installed, but Firefox should allow it to be installed.

Please see this support article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-search-bar-firefox

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The en-US version of Firefox comes with DuckDuckGo. But if you have a different localized version of Firefox installed, DDG may not be already installed, but Firefox should allow it to be installed.

Please see this support article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-search-bar-firefox