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Search Engine Preference
Okay well that version is old, try newer versions from Dev or Canary channels, that problem you're having don't exist in them because it is fixed in ver 78.
Beta only gets updates and fixes every 6 weeks. Dev every 7 days, Canary every day.
latest is Version 78.0.257.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
I downloaded and installed the Dev version-- Version 78.0.249.1 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
Even though Google is my default search engine, it's still showing Bing whenever I open a search page
by the way, just to make sure we're talking about the same thing.
the white search bar in the middle of the page that says "search with Bing" can't be changed, not even on Canary. I'm only talking about the address bar/omnibox/search area at the top with blue outline.
- Alright so here is what i did:
Fired up a Windows 10 sandbox and installed Edge Dev on it. switched the search engine to Google and it respected my preference as expected and never used Bing again.
you can also try it yourself if you're using the latest Windows 10 version. Sandbox is a clean environment for testing or anything.
now i think that the Beta version of Edge insider you installed is still causing issues, even though you Uninstalled it, but there are still some leftovers.
could you find out where the location of Edge Beta is? then go there and delete a folder called "user data".