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crl4242
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I wabt to make DuckDuckGo my default search engine but the only option on the drop-down menu is Google. How can I make this change?

Thank you.

I wabt to make DuckDuckGo my default search engine but the only option on the drop-down menu is Google. How can I make this change? Thank you.

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Hi Cheryl, further down the search panel, there should be a box under the heading "Search Shortcuts". DuckDuckGo usually is listed in this box because it is one of the built-in options. If DuckDuckGo is not listed, could you scroll down below the box and click the "Restore Default Search Engines" button and see whether that brings it back.

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FredMcD
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It's possible DuckDuckGo is not installed. Try looking for it here; https://mycroftproject.com/

crl4242
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Fred,

Thanks, but this didn't help. I have installed DukDuckGo Privacy Essentials and I can access their serch engine, but it doesn't show up in the list of search engines Under Tools -> Search -> Default Search Engine.

Cheryl

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Hi Cheryl, further down the search panel, there should be a box under the heading "Search Shortcuts". DuckDuckGo usually is listed in this box because it is one of the built-in options. If DuckDuckGo is not listed, could you scroll down below the box and click the "Restore Default Search Engines" button and see whether that brings it back.

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You can check the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to see what search engines are available.

If everything fails then try to rename/remove search.json.mozlz4 in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed to rebuild the search engines registry.

You can use the button on the "Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page (Root directory).

Firefox will rebuild search.json.mozlz4 from the built-in search engines.