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.

''<p>icfc1 [[#question-1287261|said]]</p>'' <blockquote> 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? </blockquote> Hello &nbsp; icfc,<BR> This thread may answer your question (and more) :<BR> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1230869<BR> Maybe you'd also like to take a look at &nbsp; [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=using+Firefox%2C+why+does+Google+show+in+the+search+bar these search results]