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Default search engine changed itself back to google

stumead — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:59:29 GMT

Currently using Firefox 121.0 on Windows 11.
Reset the default search engine to Duckduckgo in December. this remained default until 8Jan24
Typed a search term into the bar AM on 9Jan24 and the default has reverted to Google.
AFAIK there has been no update. Nobody else uses my PC.

Anyone any idea why this would happen please?

Re: Default search engine changed itself back to google

jr49 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:09:10 GMT

same issue

Re: Default search engine changed itself back to google

stumead — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:09:19 GMT

I'll take that as a "we don't know" 😉
Changed it back AM 10Jan24, after update to 121.0.1
I will post here if it happens again.

Re: Default search engine changed itself back to google

nhpeacenik — Mon, 20 May 2024 14:12:25 GMT

Running Firefox 113.0.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTE yesterday (May 19, 2024) I entered a search term and was surprised to see a google results screen instead of the usual DuckDuckGo screen. I have used DuckDuckGo as my default search engine in Firefox foe many years and had made no changes. Can someone explain why and how this happened? I have reset it to DuckDuckGo and hoe this doesn't happen again, but it gives me an insecure feeling about Firefox privcy and security that this can happen.

Re: Default search engine changed itself back to google

watertiger3 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 17:53:43 GMT

I tried to change search engine from the dreaded Google to something else and was not able to do it. what is happening???

Re: Default search engine changed itself back to google

mson — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:19:26 GMT

Same thing just happened to me. I configured my default search engine to use DuckDuckGo. It worked for a couple weeks. Without any input from it, it changed back to Google.