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Learn how to change your default search engine in Firefox on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Firefox for iOS gives you the ability to add, remove and change a default search engine. There are a variety of search engines available to choose from such as Google and Bing. You can also manually add other search engines and set one of them as your default. __TOC__ =Change default search engine= #[[Template:iosmenu]] #[[Template:settingsios]] #Tap {menu Search}. #Tap the current default search engine name. #You current default search engine choice will have a check mark. To use another, tap the name of the search you want to use as your default search engine. #After you select a new default search engine, Firefox will take you back to the '''Search''' screen. Tap ''Settings'' to return to the menu, and tap '''Done''' to close it. {note}'''Show search suggestions:''' By default, Firefox shows you search suggestions from the default search engine while you type in the address bar. See [[Turn search suggestions on or off on Firefox for iOS]] to change this setting.{/note} {note}'''Enable or disable search engines:''' See [[Enable or disable search engines on Firefox for iOS]] to change which search engines can be used for a search.{/note} =Add a search engine= #[[Template:iosmenu]] #[[Template:settingsios]] #Tap {menu Search}. #Tap {menu Add Search Engine} under the list of available '''Quick-Search Engines'''. #Enter a name for the search engine in the '''Title''' text field. #Enter a search string URL in the '''URL''' text field. #;{note}'''Note:''' Please be sure to replace the query string with “%s”, for example:<br>https<!-- -->://www.google<!-- -->.com/search?q=%s <br>https<!-- -->://www.startpage<!-- -->.com/sp/search?q=%s <br>https<!-- -->://www.ecosia<!-- -->.org/search?q=%s<br><br>If you don't know which search string to use for a particular search engine, you can access its website in a new tab, do any search and use the resulting URL as a reference. For example, if you go to ecosia.org and search for '''firefox''', the resulting URL in the address bar will be https<!-- -->://www.ecosia<!-- -->.org/search?q='''firefox'''. Then the search string must be https<!-- -->://www.ecosia<!-- -->.org/search?q='''%s''', replacing the query with "%s".{/note} #Tap the {button Save} button. The search engine is added to the predefined list of search engines in alphabetical order.