The new Microsoft Edge, which is powered by a popular chromium engine, was released in mid-January 2020 with a new logo. If you are using Microsoft Edge, you might have noticed that it's using Bing as the default search engine.

 

If you are not comfortable with Bing search and would like to switch to Google or any other search engine of your choice, here's the step-by-step process.

 

 

How to change default search engine in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10?

 

How to change the default search engine in Microsoft Edge?

  1. Once you open Microsoft Edge, click the ellipsis (3 dots at the top-right corner) and tap Settings.
  2. Navigate to Privacy and services from the left navigation panel.
  3. Scroll down the right panel, and click on Address bar under the Services section.
  4. How to change default search engine in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10?

  5. Select the dropdown against Search engine used in the address bar and choose Google or any other search engine of your choice.
  6. How to change default search engine in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10?

 

That's it! Now open a new tab and perform a search. It will now use the selected search engine instead of the default Bing search.

 

 


Kunal Chowdhury

About the Author

Solution Architect & Former Microsoft MVP

Kunal Chowdhury is an enterprise solution architect and former multi-year Microsoft MVP. He is the author of three technical books: Windows Presentation Foundation Development Cookbook, Mastering Visual Studio 2017, and the Mastering Visual Studio 2019.

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