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Microsoft took over as my default browser when I open my computer. How do I get Firefox back as default.

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Anna Jean Franklin
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When I click on the Firefox icon to open my browser, Microsoft Bing now appears and I have to put in my Firefox Lockwise password to get Firefox back but my Firefox page no longer comes up. What happened and how do I get rid of Bing and get Firefox only back?

When I click on the Firefox icon to open my browser, Microsoft Bing now appears and I have to put in my Firefox Lockwise password to get Firefox back but my Firefox page no longer comes up. What happened and how do I get rid of Bing and get Firefox only back?

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FredMcD
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Are you talking about the home page? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page

Or the search engine? Type about:preferences#search<enter> in the address bar. You can select any search engine to be your default from here.

You can also remove any engine from here.