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    [Request]Allow to remove unwanted search engines from Opera

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    • JavierVonArt
      JavierVonArt last edited by

      Hi Opera , any updates on this request?
      As the other users, I want to remove all search engines but Google, when will be able to do so?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @JavierVonArt last edited by

        @javiervonart We don't even know if we will be able to do it.

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        • JavierVonArt
          JavierVonArt @leocg last edited by

          @leocg Thanks for the answer.
          Let's hope at least you let us define the keywords for our non preferred search engines.

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          • 75338a
            75338a last edited by

            Any updates on this? I'm looking for an extension to delete search engines or at least re-arrange the order of them since I REALLY don't need Yahoo/Bing and all the other crap on my right-click Search with list.

            Thx. Stuff like this is why I'm considering other browsers.

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              • 75338a
                75338a last edited by

                The workaround appears to be to install an extension specifically for the search engine you're looking to use so that it'll appear on your right-click context menu. This will not let you delete search engines ofc.

                E.g.: https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/search-in-youtube/

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                • joeykoen96
                  joeykoen96 last edited by

                  please remove default search engines no one likes this

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                  • LETUSDELETESEARCHENGINES
                    LETUSDELETESEARCHENGINES last edited by

                    yea i just switched to firefox to fix this problem

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @LETUSDELETESEARCHENGINES last edited by

                      @letusdeletesearchengines can confirm, even after 1 year, this solution still works 👍

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                      • hektorsuhr
                        hektorsuhr @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg if it's not possible you will probably lose me as a user. This is quite basic, I want Y to be mapped to youtube search but am not even able to change the keyword.

                        I understand you guys might have business agreements with Yahoo, but atleast let the user change the keyword being used.

                        That's just ridiculous, I am not going to use Yahoo as a search engine. Depending how annoying it is will determine if I stay with the browser or not.

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                        • Amorrious
                          Amorrious last edited by

                          Yep running into the same issue, tried to type d minor and it wont let me since its ducks engine keyword. This definitly needs to be fixed. I dont know how you can't change it so.

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                          • sgunhouse
                            sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @Amorrious last edited by

                            @amorrious It would be advisable to put the term in quotes so that the search engine looks for the words together, and using quotes would prevent Opera from interpretting D as a search engine shortcut. The first part is just general advice - even from a search engine's home page I'd recommend it when searching for D Minor to reduce false positives.

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