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Can't add Google as a main search engine

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bsaniewski06
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So after reinstalling Firefox my search engines changed and Google was removed completely. Only things left are Yahoo, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo and Startpage whatever the hell that is. When I go to add Google as the main engine after clicking the three dots icon on the search bar where normally would be an option to add as a search engine, I don't have an option to do that. And when I'm clicking the Sign In button it tries to do something but returns to the Google home page. (sorry for the quality of the image, for some reason I wasn't able to take a screenshot)

So after reinstalling Firefox my search engines changed and Google was removed completely. Only things left are Yahoo, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo and Startpage whatever the hell that is. When I go to add Google as the main engine after clicking the three dots icon on the search bar where normally would be an option to add as a search engine, I don't have an option to do that. And when I'm clicking the Sign In button it tries to do something but returns to the Google home page. (sorry for the quality of the image, for some reason I wasn't able to take a screenshot)

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bsaniewski06
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I wasn't able to upload the image, just forgot to remove that fragment

Terry
Terry
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You could try to add it using the Mycroft Project.

bsaniewski06
bsaniewski06 Question owner
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thanks

bsaniewski06
bsaniewski06 Question owner
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but still I can't log in in Google. I can in YouTube, accounts.google.com or Google Drive but not in Google

vande1
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did you check this site:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-a-search-engine-from-the-address-bar

After following the instructions, you may adjust your Search-Preferences: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_hide-search-engines