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WC_KStill
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Jun 19, 2020

Setting Google as Default Search Provider (Group Policy)

Hello,   I am testing the new Edge browser (I love it btw). Setting IE mode for specific websites and all kinds of other things and its working out great so far. I've noticed that for some reason i...
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WC_KStill
Brass Contributor
Jun 21, 2020
What about just doing Google search from the address bar?
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JAMC
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Jan 31, 2025
  1. Open the Group Policy Management Console (gpmc.msc) and switch to editing an existing policy or creating a new one.
  2. Navigate to <Computer/Computer Configuration>\Administrative Templates\Classic Administrative Templates (ADM)\Microsoft Edge\Default search provider.


Default Search Provider Name: Google

Default Search Provider Search URL: {google:baseURL}search?q={searchTerms}&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}ie={inputEncoding}

Default Search Provider URL for Suggestions: {google:baseURL}complete/search?output=chrome&q={searchTerms}

Enable the default search provider: Enabled

Parameters for an image URL that uses POST: encoded_image={google:imageThumbnail},image_url={google:imageURL},sbisrc={google:imageSearchSource},original_width={google:imageOriginalWidth},original_height={google:imageOriginalHeight}

Specifies the search-by-image feature for the default search provider: {google:baseURL}searchbyimage/upload
Configure the new tab page search box experience:
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