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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.
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!
