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Why Is Microsoft resetting my default search engine to Bing without my permission?
Earlier today I was carrying out a search and a window popped up stating that an application outside Google had changed my default search engine. When I checked, all my search engines listed in the Address Bar Search settings had been deleted, and Bing (which I had deleted) had replaced them. As I understand it, this is a breach of the UK Computer Misuse Act as it was carried out without first obtaining my consent to make the changes. Once again, Micr*sl*p is trying to force me to use their rubbish applications.
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Pretty sure this is caused by one of Microsoft's background tasks pushing Bing prompts again. I've seen BGAUpsell or similar tasks under Task Scheduler trigger these pop-ups after cumulative updates.
Check if you have that task running:
Win + R > type taskschd.msc
Go to Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Application Experience
Look for BGAUpsell (or any Bing/Search upsell task) and disable it.
If it keeps happening, check edge://settings/search to re-add Google, but disabling that background task usually stops Edge from wiping your custom search engines.
