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using Firefox, why does Google show in the search bar

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I thought Firefox was independent of Google but it shows all the time in the search bar. should i give up on Firefox and just use Chrome?

I thought Firefox was independent of Google but it shows all the time in the search bar. should i give up on Firefox and just use Chrome?

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icfc1 said

I thought Firefox was independent of Google but it shows all the time in the search bar. should i give up on Firefox and just use Chrome?

Hello   icfc,

This thread may answer your question (and more) :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1230869

Maybe you'd also like to take a look at   these search results

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I think Google is the default search engine, but you can choose your own. Go to about:preferences#search and choose your default search engine there. You can also completely remove search engines in the list.

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icfc1 said

I thought Firefox was independent of Google but it shows all the time in the search bar. should i give up on Firefox and just use Chrome?

Hello   icfc,

This thread may answer your question (and more) :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1230869

Maybe you'd also like to take a look at   these search results