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When I enter a one word search query, it takes me to some Verizon search engine. multi word queries take me to duckduckgo as they should. how can I bypass the isp search engine without having to remember to tap the suggestion every time

When I enter a one word search query, it takes me to some Verizon search engine. multi word queries take me to duckduckgo as they should. how can I bypass the isp search engine without having to remember to tap the suggestion every time

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Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. The Firefox cache temporarily stores images, scripts, and other parts of websites while you are browsing.
Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies, do the following:

  1. Tap the menu icon located at the top right corner. This is the icon with 3 bars. On older Android devices you'll have to press the hardware menu key and then tap More.
  2. Tap Settings.
  3. After that, you will be taken to the settings screen. In the settings screen, look under the section Privacy & Security and select Clear private data.
  4. You will then be taken to a list of what can be cleared. Select the following 2 for deletion:
    • Cookies & active logins
    • Cache
  5. After those have been selected, tap the Clear data button to actually clear the cache and cookies.


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Sorry for waking this old thing but if someone finds this thread and have the same problem (like I just did) then this solved it for me:

  1. open about:config and click past warning
  2. find key network.dns.ignoreHostonly and set to true

Good luck!

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It is also possible that your ISP directs to that search page in case of a DNS look up failure.

In such a case you can use a (one letter) keyword search for searching via the location bar.

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Please note that network.dns.ignoreHostonly seems to be a feature of the Tab Utilities extension and is not a built-in preference in Firefox.