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How do I make google search results appear in english when I am in a foreign country?

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Every google search redirects to spanish (I am visiting Mexico) and I can not find a way to disable that in the tools/options tab of the Firefox browser.

Every google search redirects to spanish (I am visiting Mexico) and I can not find a way to disable that in the tools/options tab of the Firefox browser.

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Hello Sudokuman, install a specific google-search-plugins from Mycroft Project : http://mycroftproject.com/google-search-plugins.html

thank you

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Sudokuman said

Every google search redirects to spanish (I am visiting Mexico) and I can not find a way to disable that in the tools/options tab of the Firefox browser.

This is an attribute of Google, not Firefox. Try this (tested on the SSL-enabled Google page): https://encrypted.google.com/ "Settings" (bottom-right corner) "Search settings" (on the pop-up) "Languages" (on the left side) Select which language you want Google products to use ... and Confirm that the "Currently showing search results in:" setting matches your preference.

(These settings should be associated with your logged-in Google account, if you're using one.)

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Thanks! I have done this and still have google overriding the search and switching to Spanish. I believe I can start a new google account and work around this by registering as being in the US even though I am in Mexico. Trying that next. For the record in the bottom right of the google page it says "use Google.com.mx and I can't seem to change that to .us.

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How about changing to DuckDuckGo as search-engine? It uses Google, and others and have a easy language-switch.

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Hello Sudokuman, install a specific google-search-plugins from Mycroft Project : http://mycroftproject.com/google-search-plugins.html

thank you

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Sudokuman said

Every google search redirects to spanish (I am visiting Mexico) and I can not find a way to disable that in the tools/options tab of the Firefox browser.
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This has been corrected, perhaps restarting after trying these solutions made the difference. Thanks!

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Note that such issues can be caused by corrupted cookies or cookies that are blocked.

Clear the cache and remove cookies only from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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If I recall correctly, going to http://www.google.com/ncr will set a cookie indicating that you do not want to be redirected from the .com site to a country-specific site.

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jscher2000 said

If I recall correctly, going to http://www.google.com/ncr will set a cookie indicating that you do not want to be redirected from the .com site to a country-specific site.

just tried this. fingers crossed. aloha kai

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user799679 said

How about changing to DuckDuckGo as search-engine? It uses Google, and others and have a easy language-switch.

I use DNGG but still same problem.