How to Restore Google as the Default Search Engine in Google Chrome
"How to restore Google as the default search engine in Google Chrome if it changes to Yahoo, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, or another search engine."
Many Google Chrome users, especially beginners, may want to change their default search engine but do not know where to find the settings.
You may have experienced this yourself, when you open Google Chrome, you suddenly see Yahoo or Bing displayed as the search engine instead of Google, the Google search box you usually use seems to have disappeared, even though you are using Google Chrome.
There are several reasons why your default search engine may change, in some cases, this can happen after you install certain software or browser extensions, it can also be caused by potentially unwanted programs that change your browser settings without you realizing it.
Fortunately, changing the default search engine in Google Chrome is quite easy, you can switch it back to Google or choose another search engine directly from Chrome settings.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to change the search engine in Google Chrome from Yahoo or Bing back to Google, step by step, the process is simple enough to follow even if you are not familiar with Chrome settings.
So, if Yahoo or Bing suddenly becomes your default search engine, follow the tutorial below to change it back.
Tutorial:
- First, make sure you have opened the Google Chrome browser on your computer.
- Once Google Chrome is open, type chrome://settings/user into the address bar, then press Enter on your keyboard.
- You will now see the Chrome settings page, click the Change button, as shown in the image below.
- You will now see a list of search engines.
- From the list, select Google as your default search engine.
- After selecting Google, click the Set as default button located directly below the selection table.
- Now, when you open a new tab or the browser's home page, Google should appear as your default search engine.
- Done.
Final Thoughts
So, that was pretty easy, right? now, whenever you open Google Chrome, the first page you see should be Google itself, which means everything should be back to normal, you also no longer need to worry about unwanted ads suddenly appearing within text while you are browsing the internet.