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Firefox comes with a number of available search engines by default. Many websites offer search engines that you can add to Firefox. This allows you to search with that website's search engine, directly from your Firefox address bar or Search bar. This article explains how to add or remove the search engines that Firefox uses.

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Table of Contents

• 1Add search engines
• 3Remove search engines

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Add a search engine from the Search bar

Firefox offers an optional Search bar. See Add the Search bar to your Firefox toolbar to add it to Firefox.

1. Visit a website that offers an OpenSearch search engine (we'll use youtube.com as an example).
2. Click the magnifying glass on the Search bar and then click on Add 'YouTube'.

The search engine will appear in your available search options.

Add a search engine from the address bar

When you visit a website that offers an OpenSearch search engine, you can add it from the address bar Page actions menu.

1. Click the Page actions (3-dot) button on the address bar.
2. Select Add Search Engine from the menu.

To add search engine discovery to the address bar: Right-clickHold down the control key while you click the Page Actions Add Search Engine menu item that indicates an available search engine (as shown above for YouTube) and select 'Add to Address Bar'. A search engine icon will be added to the address bar. When you visit a different site that offers a search engine (such as www.yahoo.com) then an icon for that site will appear in the address bar.

You can click on the website icon in the address bar to add the search engine.

Search engine add-ons

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Many providers offer search engine add-ons. To find these search engines and add them to Firefox:

1. Open the Search panel in Firefox OptionsPreferences using one of these methods:
   • Click the menu button and select .. In the OptionsPreferences tab that opens, click on Search in the left pane.
   • If you added the optional Search bar, click the magnifying glass on the Search bar and then click Change Search Settings.
2. At the bottom of the Search panel, click on the Find more search engines link. The Firefox Add-ons website will open.
3. Select the search engine add-on you want to install and click .

Follow these steps to remove alternative search engines you don't want to use.

1. Open the Search panel in Firefox OptionsPreferences using one of these methods:
   • Click the menu button and select .. In the OptionsPreferences tab that opens, click on Search in the left pane.
   • If you added the optional Search bar, click the magnifying glass on the Search bar and then click Change Search Settings.
2. Under One-click search enginesSearch Shortcuts, remove the check mark next to each search engine you don't want to use.

To remove a search engine, follow these steps:

1. Open the Search panel in Firefox OptionsPreferences using one of these methods:
   • Click the menu button and select .. In the OptionsPreferences tab that opens, click on Search in the left pane.
   • If you added the optional Search bar, click the magnifying glass on the Search bar and then click Change Search Settings.
2. Under One-click search enginesSearch Shortcuts, click on the search engine you want to remove.
3. Click the button to take it off your list.

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Adding back a removed search engine

If you remove a search engine that you added yourself and you change your mind, you'll have to add it back again, either from the Search bar or address bar by visiting the website or by reinstalling the Search engine add-on (see above).

If you remove any of the default search engines that are built into Firefox, you'll have to go to your Firefox OptionsPreferencesSearch panel and click the button in the One-click search enginesSearch Shortcuts section to bring them back.

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Firefox default search providers in other regions are Yandex in Russia, Turkey, Belarus and Kazakhstan; Baidu in China; and Google in the rest of the world. Firefox has more choice in search providers than any other browser with more than 60 search providers pre-installed across more than 90 languages.

This is part of our ongoing search strategy, announced in 2014 to evaluate and select the best search experience in each region as opposed to having a single global default.

We are committed to providing the best Firefox experience for users and will continue to encourage growth in search, provide users with local choices and promote innovation in the space.

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