Sync search engine settings

[Arvid]

It would be nice if I would not have to set up all my search engines and their short codes with every new installation but could sync them just like my add-ons and history.

[neilzillamk2]

Howcome you can add AI slop but not sync search engines?

[Larkster]

This seems to be a basic and simple feature request yet is a large enough omission to make people stop using Firefox.  The ROI on this is huge.  JUST DO IT!

[Chris-toph]

Is it still the case in March 2026 that Firefox is not synchronising the Search Shortcuts ?

[Beau_Frederick]

@Chris-toph, yes — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444284 (2008-07-09)

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[Chris-toph]

..or a way to export them and import them

[Tony2077]

You can always take the search.json.mozlz4 file from a previous Firefox profile to a new one. But that's far from ideal. The search engines should simply be synchronised with the rest of configs in the Mozilla account.

[kanoni]

Yea, it's one file added to sync.. We are talking 20 lines of code tops and some ipred compliance stuff maybe if we stretch it, something other is blocking this. Something more important than the actual users is prioritized.

[friskyplatypus]

This baffles me. It was changed to a trending idea in 2022 and 4 years later it's still not implemented. If it weren't for the fact that chrome is making ad blocking such a hassle I would switch back.