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    How to manage default search engines

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    • juangonzalez
      juangonzalez last edited by

      I don't know why opera puts a certain list of search engines, now that I remember you can set up the start page of opera

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        A Former User @juangonzalez last edited by

        @juangonzalez can you please be more precise?

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        • juangonzalez
          juangonzalez last edited by

          me although I try other search engines, I always go back to google, everyone wants to appear there, since it is the most used, except to look for things that can not be counted, for that I use yandex

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @juangonzalez last edited by

            @juangonzalez

            Stay on topic. Don't hijack other people's threads.

            https://forums.opera.com/rules

            Please open another topic.

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              A Former User @leocg last edited by

              @leocg what do you mean?

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                  @wfi Clearly my reply wasn't for you but for juangonzalez, who asked something tottaly offtopic.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @wfi As I have answered before, it's not possible.

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                      A Former User @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg

                      why? its strange to see in list amazon and wiki
                      how i can add yandex for example

                      thanks!

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                        @negivare Only those pre-configured search engines can be set as default one.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                          @negivare You can add any search engine but you can't make it the default one.

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                          • sgunhouse
                            sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                            If you wanted Yandex as a default search engine, you'd have to convince Opera that you were located in a country where Yandex was a default search engine - such as Russia or the Ukraine. Not impossible - see the FAQ about country codes.

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