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How do I know if I am searching with Duckduckgo?

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stuartriley
stuartriley

Have just installed duckduckgo and an add on to Firefox. How can I tell if it is being used?

Have just installed duckduckgo and an add on to Firefox. How can I tell if it is being used?

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Hi, open Preferences > Search, and look at the box 'Default Search Engine.'

You can also point your mouse at the search box and should see 'Search using DDG.'

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

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Scribe
Scribe

Chosen Solution

Hi, open Preferences > Search, and look at the box 'Default Search Engine.'

You can also point your mouse at the search box and should see 'Search using DDG.'

If your question is resolved by this or another answer, please take a minute to let us know. Thank you!

Happy112
Happy112

Hi   !
Have you done this :
3-bar menu => Options => Search and set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine under : 'Default Search Engine'  ? If you've done that :   you're using DuckDuckGo.

As for the add-on : 'Don't know what add-on it is,   but it should come with installation instructions. Maybe this will help :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/find-and-install-add-ons-add-features-to-firefox
https://www.accessfirefox.org/Install_Addon_Manually.php

stuartriley
stuartriley Question owner

Thanks for helping an old man. It is appreciated.