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Bing auto set for search engine

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Bing somehow auto default set as my search engine and i need google as my default. when i drop down menu to change it gives no options, it only says "a browser" with Firefox logo next to it. i need help to fix this issue please! tyia:)

Bing somehow auto default set as my search engine and i need google as my default. when i drop down menu to change it gives no options, it only says "a browser" with Firefox logo next to it. i need help to fix this issue please! tyia:)

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Problem solved. Did the tune up options: refresh and clear cache. All the search engine options are back in drop down menu. Nice! Thank you for the tune up options moz://a and Firefox! I'm not so cranky now, amazing.

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photo uploaded

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It's not letting me upload photo, or gets stuck. It's a screenshot of the drop down menu where it should give me the option of choosing my search engine.

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Please use imgur.com or a similar image host in the future if the image appears to hang on upload

In order to better assist you with your issue please provide us with a screenshot. If you need help to create a screenshot, please see How do I create a screenshot of my problem?

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Thank you!

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Type about:addons<enter> in the address bar to open your Add-ons Manager. Hot key; (<Control> [Mac=<Command>] <Shift> A)

In the Add-ons Manager, on the left, select Extensions. Remove “ Bing “ Anything.

Also remove SafeSearch, SearchAssist Incognito, FileConverter Addon, SearchLock, DiscreteSearch, WebSearch, Findwide Search Engine, securedsearch

Now do the same in the computer’s Programs Folder.

Windows: Start > Control Panel > Uninstall Programs. Mac: Open the Applications folder. Linux: Check your user manual.

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Sorry, i forgot operating system. MacOS 10.15.7

I tried to upload screenshot as .png and also .jpg , upload got stuck both times. I will try the suggestions, thank you

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Bing isn't in my Add-ons>Extensions. UPLOAD SCREENSHOT FAILED AGAIN. 30 seconds should be plenty of time to upload a 377KB image i would think.

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Problem solved. Did the tune up options: refresh and clear cache. All the search engine options are back in drop down menu. Nice! Thank you for the tune up options moz://a and Firefox! I'm not so cranky now, amazing.

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That was very good work. Well Done. Please flag your last post as Solved Problem as this can help others with similar problems. Go to that post and click the 'Solved' button to its right.

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Also I went to... Preferences>Search>Search Shortcuts... and deleted all the searchers that I didn't want. I totally forgot how to refresh & clear cache because I didn't write the path down so I figured out how to get rid of them that way, hopefully for good.

Modified by martian.man73