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how can I reinstall google maps to firefox - accidently deleted it

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I was trying to eliminate some other map searches and put google maps as default, instead I accidentally deleted google maps and now cannot find how to re-install google maps in my Firefox browser, and set it as default.

I was trying to eliminate some other map searches and put google maps as default, instead I accidentally deleted google maps and now cannot find how to re-install google maps in my Firefox browser, and set it as default.

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Hi, Were you trying to restore a bookmark or addon? If you were trying to restore an addon, just go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ and search for google maps.

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Not really. When I type in a search for map directions (for ex. Los Angeles to Palm Springs) the only maps are Bing and Yahoo. Google used to appear, but no longer does.

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If you were using the Search Bar then there is the search engines like those at http://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html?name=Google+maps

If you were using a Extension then https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=google+maps&appver=any&platform=all

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I accidentally deleted Google from my searches in the search bar in Mozilla. How can I reinstate it? I was trying to delete Bing that kept coming up.

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You can check the Search tab in about:preferences#search to check what search engine are installed. If you removed a built-in search engine then click the Restore button.

You can delete the search.json file and possible search-metadata.json and search.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder to reset the search engines to the default.

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

Firefox will rebuild the search.json file from the default built-in search engines that come with Firefox and the searchplugins folder in the Firefox profile folder.

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Technically speaking, you can't "remove" the Google search engine that comes with Firefox (built-in), all you can do is to un-check one of the built-in search engines so that it doesn't 'show' in the interface.