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    • thefatladysings
      thefatladysings last edited by

      I've searched through the Opera settings several times to find the option to change my default search engine, but it simply isn't there. Can you help?

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

        Goto the URL opera://settings/search. You'll see a drop-down there where you can choose a different default search engine. The list is limited to the default search engines listed under "Manage search engines". You can set a search engine you add as the default.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          @burnout426 said in Can't change default search engine:

          opera://settings/search

          Unfortunately:

          1. You cannot remove engines that you dont use (i dont know why i have israeli wikipedia in there, but it seems very weird, as i dont know any letter in hebrew)
          2. your speed dial search will stay the same (i use duckduckgo as a default and have google in speed dial)
          3. your quick search (alt+space) search will also stay the same, so those features become useless if you dont want to use google

          Im probably not the only one thinking that if i chose default search engine in one place i would like to use it in all the places. Quick search is a very good feature if it wasnt for that drawback.

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