{"id":3927,"date":"2016-08-29T12:31:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=3927"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T11:10:16","slug":"microsoft-edge-set-google-default-search-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/microsoft-edge-set-google-default-search-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"[Microsoft Edge] Set Google as the Default Search Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Edge by default uses Bing search when you search from the address bar. If you want to change the default search engine\/provider in Edge, you can do so via Edge’s settings.<\/p>\n

Changing Microsoft Edge Default Search Provider<\/h2>\n

In Microsoft Edge Chromium<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Open Edge \u2192 Settings \u2192 Privacy, search, and services.<\/li>\n
  2. Scroll down to the “Services” section and click “Address bar and search.”\n
    Alternately, you can visit the page directly by typing the following in the address bar:<\/em><\/div>\n
    edge:\/\/settings\/search<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  3. In the “Search engine used in the address bar” list box, select “Google”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Microsoft Edge by default uses Bing search when you search from the address bar. If you want to change the default search engine\/provider in Edge, you can do so via Edge’s settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[782],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-3927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edge","tag-microsoft-edge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8878,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/edge-chromium-frequently-asked-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":3927,"position":0},"title":"Edge Chromium ~ FAQ & How-Tos","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Microsoft decided to discontinue its EdgeHTML proprietary browser engine which was used in the Edge web browser. 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