<![CDATA[Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google]]>Every time I set the default search engine to not-Google, and even deleting Google as a search engine, upon restart of Opera, Google is restored as the default search engine. Google is persistent and cannot be deleted.
Deleting any other search engine is fine; it will not be restored.
This behaviour seems to have started with Opera 12.15, build 1748.

Is Google hard-wired into Opera now, with no other default possible?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/6/opera-search-bar-always-defaults-to-googleRSS for NodeSat, 15 Aug 2026 08:19:34 GMTSat, 06 Apr 2013 18:25:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:26:59 GMT]]>bug..) if so, then the whole chrome abomination called opera 15+ is nothing but huge bug in one piece. a bug called Google.
this opera 12 behaviour was just an early symptom.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/28490https://forums.opera.com/post/28490Sat, 08 Feb 2014 10:26:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:27:25 GMT]]>Originally posted by robertbj:

it's irritating, back to 12.14 for a while.

Yes, me too.

Originally posted by soundbit:

Has this been reported as a bug yet?

I hope so. I think this is an important problem.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/23033https://forums.opera.com/post/23033Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:27:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:40:47 GMT]]>Has this been reported as a bug yet?

It reverts back after restarting browser.

Version 12.15 Build 1748 Platform Win32 System Windows 7
Browser identification:
Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.15

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/23032https://forums.opera.com/post/23032Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:40:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:00:20 GMT]]>Originally posted by jarmush:

No problem to change to different search engines here.

With mine and others, the reversion to Google happens after a restart of Opera. Until then, the change holds. Or maybe you're just lucky - we probably have the same setup, though you show platform as both Win 32 and Win 7 64 bit. I assume you mean Opera is 32 bit (x86).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/23008https://forums.opera.com/post/23008Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:00:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:14:19 GMT]]>No problem to change to different search engines here. After editing new search engine and set as default I can change it to what ever I wan't.

Opera 12.15
win32 platform
System: Win 7 64-bit

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/23005https://forums.opera.com/post/23005Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:14:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:09:38 GMT]]>Thanks. For some reason when I did a search earlier it didn't show up ... it's irritating, back to 12.14 for a while.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/22987https://forums.opera.com/post/22987Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:09:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Opera Search Bar always defaults to Google on Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:35:53 GMT]]>See 12.15 forces Google as search engine

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