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Bobafett2
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My search bar has been changed to Bing. By search bar, I refer to the URL one. Whenever I search there, it does a bing search. Which is awful. How can I change it back to google search?

My search bar has been changed to Bing. By search bar, I refer to the URL one. Whenever I search there, it does a bing search. Which is awful. How can I change it back to google search?

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cor-el
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Check the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page.

Bobafett2
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Thanks, but that doesn't tell me how to change it back to firefox/google.

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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_search_.28external_-_search_engine.29

Set the pref keyword.URL to one of these:

The first link makes Firefox do a Google Lucky search and the second link will always open a Google page with search results.

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig