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Changing the Address Bar Search on Edge
After years of using Chrome, when I got a new computer, I decided to give Microsoft Edge a try. However, Bing has not been able to meet my search needs, so I decided to try to switch the address bar...
HiNicHans
you should be able to change any settings in Edge if your computer/browser is not managed by an organization (i.e group policy rules)
if this setting in Edge is greyed out for you: edge://settings/search
then check here: edge://policy/
and see if there is anything there, attaching a screenshot of that page would be useful too.
- Hi there,
Old thread, but I appear to be having the same issue. This is a new computer and I'm hoping to give Edge a try, but like OP - the "Search engine used in address bar" dropdown menu is grayed out and hovering over it provides only the red circle with a slash down the middle. Yet, navigating to "Manage search engines," I can see my preferred engine (DuckDuckGo). Again, with no indication or signs that it's invalid or otherwise unavailable.
Checking edge://policy/ also shows no policies set up in there, and I can reasonably say that this device isn't being managed by anyone or anything other than myself (to my knowledge, at least.)
Any response would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.Haha - funny timing. The moment I posted that, I got a notification on the browser saying Edge is out of date. Updating seemed to resolve the issue, changed to DuckDuckGo and all.
All good now!
