<![CDATA[I can't change my default search engine to google or bing]]>I can't change my default search engine to google or bing. I don't know how but my wife has yandex.ru as default search engine and I can't change it to google or bing. I reset opera browser to default settings, I had google for few days and then yandex is default again and google is completely removed from opera browser. How can I prevent yandex to do it?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/40854/i-can-t-change-my-default-search-engine-to-google-or-bingRSS for NodeWed, 17 Jun 2026 07:38:14 GMTTue, 19 May 2020 16:17:26 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Thu, 21 May 2020 01:49:38 GMT]]>Opera tries to use Google to determine your location, and will set default search engines based on what they say. If they determine you are in Russia, you get Yandex as default. Here in the US, you get DuckDuckGo, Google and Bing.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211710https://forums.opera.com/post/211710Thu, 21 May 2020 01:49:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Wed, 20 May 2020 18:57:37 GMT]]>@sgunhouse That is weird. I am tousands of kilometers far from it. I will check. Thank you.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211683https://forums.opera.com/post/211683Wed, 20 May 2020 18:57:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Wed, 20 May 2020 06:44:44 GMT]]>Are you in Russia (or neighboring countries)? Opera believes you are ...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211582https://forums.opera.com/post/211582Wed, 20 May 2020 06:44:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Tue, 19 May 2020 19:13:10 GMT]]>@leocg Yes, I've checked again all settings and reset default settings helps only until restarting Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211515https://forums.opera.com/post/211515Tue, 19 May 2020 19:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Tue, 19 May 2020 19:05:55 GMT]]>@matushi Opera only allows the pre-configured search engines to be set as the default one. You only have those two options?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211512https://forums.opera.com/post/211512Tue, 19 May 2020 19:05:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Tue, 19 May 2020 19:04:03 GMT]]>@leocg I need to add google search manually and it is not possible to make it default. Only wikipedia and yandex.ru can be default. I can only restore Opera to default settings and after few days I have same problem. I am not sure how it is possible because I have slovak location and language.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211510https://forums.opera.com/post/211510Tue, 19 May 2020 19:04:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I can't change my default search engine to google or bing on Tue, 19 May 2020 18:42:14 GMT]]>@matushi What happens if you change the default search engine to a different one?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/211505https://forums.opera.com/post/211505Tue, 19 May 2020 18:42:14 GMT