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How to Change Default Search Engine in Safari: Safari on iPhone, iPad, and Mac is set to use Google by default, but users can easily switch to Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, etc. Most people’s first stop when surfing the web is a search engine. This makes them an important part of the web-surfing experience. Google is the biggest search engine in the world, beating out Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo. However, Bing is expected to give Google a run for its money soon after Microsoft added ChatGPT to its young search provider.
To change Safari’s default search engine from Google to something else, open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad and then choose “Safari.” Now tap “Search Engine,” and then choose the search engine that Safari uses by default on that device. Yahoo, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia are the other search engines you can use besides Google. Once the default search engine is chosen, it will be used for all Safari searches on that device, whether the browser is in public mode or private mode.
Steps to Change Default Search Engine in Safari on iPhone
- Head to Settings > Safari.
- Under SEARCH, tap Search Engine.
- Select the search engine you’d like to set as your default search engine.
What Is Safari?
Safari is the default web browser on the iPhone, iPad, and macOS. It was first released by Apple in 2003, and from 2007 to 2012, it was also available on Windows. With the iPhone and iPad, the Safari browser became very popular very quickly. It now has about 54% of the mobile browser market in the United States.
Most of the time, Safari works the same as any other popular web browser. Users can look at websites, save their favorites, and open several sites at once in different tabs. Safari was one of the first web browsers to support the new HTML 5 standard. It was made with the WebKit engine. It was also one of the first browsers to turn off support for Adobe Flash by default. The mobile versions of Safari have never worked with Flash.
The latest version of Safari for Mac OS is 11.1, which includes an update to Intelligent Tracking Prevention. This feature stops a certain website from keeping track of the pages you look at on other websites. This is called “cross-site tracking,” and it is a bad thing. The version of Safari on iOS is the same as the version on iOS, which is 12.1.
FAQs
Click Settings, scroll down, and click on View Advanced Settings. See that Search in the address bar with option? Click on it, then click Add New. You’ll now see an option to set the page you’re on as your default search engine.
Google redirects to Bing happen because a browser hijacker has infected your system. It is a type of malware that forcefully alters your browser settings to promote suspicious websites. Luckily, you can easily get rid of it to finally enjoy an uninterrupted browsing experience again.