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Juergen_Soltau
Iron Contributor
Apr 09, 2019

unable to change search engine for the address-bar

I tried to change the standard search engine of the address-bar to Google, but failed: Edge uses always Bing, despite 'Google' is the search engine marked as default in the settings! Even when I del...
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NicolSD
Steel Contributor
May 02, 2019

Deleted Okay, we've tried everything. It's a true bug. Sorry, I wasted your time. These steps worked for me. As I said, I was able to add Duck Duck Go just by visiting the site and Ask.com by making an inquiry.

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Anonymous
May 02, 2019

NicolSD 

 

No time wasted, it was worth trying.  Thanks for the help.  

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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Aug 13, 2019

    sambul95 Deleted et al

    I missed whether y'all are talking in regard to Dev or Canary.  This will not do as expected, presently, in Canary.  However, in Dev, changed from Bing to google in settings... NTP using the address bar or the search bar, searched using google. The issue is not, currently in  Dev only, Canary.  And it has been reported to Mr Smiley which, all can/should do, still; more reporting the better.

    Update:

    This issue has been rectified as of Version 78.0.246.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
    Please, update Canary Builds.

    This is the value of reporting things.

    Cheers,
    Drew

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    sambul95
    Iron Contributor
    May 15, 2019

    Deleted 

     

    Thanks, but that removes all New Tab features including Speed Dials etc. I just want the ability to change the search engine in the Search Bar. There is a little logic in allowing to do it on Start page and Address Bar, but not in New Tab Search Bar.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    May 15, 2019

    sambul95 

     

    This is not native to Edge, but I use the extension New Tab Redirect to set the new tab page to use Google search.

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    sambul95
    Iron Contributor
    May 15, 2019

    jessemMSFT 

     

    While you're at it, can you add the ability to change a search engine in New Tab page search field? Any way to do it now?

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    Anonymous
    May 02, 2019

    NicolSD 

     

    I just was able to make it work.  I had added another entry to the list called TEST that used Google search.  I deleted the entry called Google, but forgot to delete the entry called TEST.  I deleted that and then tried your method and it worked!  I did have to go to google.com and enter a search, but when I did it added Google to the list of entries.  I set it as the default address search engine and it seems to be working fine.  Thanks!

  • NicolSD's avatar
    NicolSD
    Steel Contributor
    May 02, 2019

    jessemMSFT I just tested a copy of Canary (no plugins) on my Surface Pro. It had no difficulty adding Ask to my list of search engines. All I had to do was go to the Web site. No inquiry needed.

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    jessemMSFT
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    May 02, 2019
    Thanks for this information. I will take a look. It's possible the open search descriptor that Ask provides is not working in Canary.
  • NicolSD's avatar
    NicolSD
    Steel Contributor
    May 02, 2019

    Deleted I just did another test using Dev. and I was able to add Ask.com just by going to the web site, no search necessary. Meanwhile, in Canary, I had to do a search before it got added. There is indeed a bug here and it is more extensive than we thought.