The search engine war is over. Google currently holds over 90% of the search engine market share.However, users are free to switch to Bing, Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo from the company's Google Chrome browser. If you keep getting redirected to Yahoo Search on Google Chrome, it's time to switch from Yahoo to the superior Google once and for all. Here's how to remove Yahoo Search from Google Chrome.
It's no secret that Yahoo offers lower-quality search results compared to Google. Using Yahoo as your default search engine can lead to many unproductive hours of commuting. It's best to remove Yahoo search from Google Chrome and return to Google as your preferred search engine.
1. Change the search engine manually
If you keep Yahoo as your default search engine in your browser, Chrome will continue to use Yahoo to answer your questions from the address bar. It's time to change Yahoo to Google from Chrome's settings. Here's how.
Step 1: Open Google Chrome on your desktop.
Step 2: Select the three dots menu at the top.
Step 3: Go to settings.
Step 4: Select a search engine from the left sidebar.
Step 5: From the search engine list, change to Google from Yahoo.
From the same Manage Search Engines menu, click on it and check the default search engines.
Click the More menu next to Yahoo. Select Remove from list and you're good to go without Yahoo on your Google Chrome browser.
2. Set Google as your homepage
Google Chrome allows you to set a specific page as your default home page in the browser. By default, it's set to open a new tab page. However, you can easily change it to a specific page in the Chrome browser. Here's how.
Step 1: Go to Google Chrome on your computer and click the More menu at the top.
Step 2: Select Settings.
Step 3: Select On startup from the left sidebar.
Step 4: Click Open a specific page or set of pages from a list on startup.
Step 5: Type in your Google search address and close the tab.
From now on, Google Chrome will use the suggested specific page when you open a new tab.
3. Disable Yahoo-related add-ons
With hundreds of extensions at your disposal, it's easy to overwhelm your Chrome browser with dozens of add-ons. Unfortunately, some of these may be outdated, unmaintained, or incompatible with the latest versions of Chromium.
Some less popular extensions may carry third-party trackers that direct users to Yahoo search instead of Google.
It can be difficult to identify the behavior of a single extension. You need to disable/remove Yahoo extensions or all extensions from the list. Here's how.
Step 1: Open Google Chrome and go to the More menu.
Step 2: From the More Tools section, select Extensions.
Step 4: Disable or remove extensions that are no longer checked or are outdated.
If possible, try removing all extensions except your password manager. From now on, you won't see any extensions that switch your search engine from Google to Yahoo in Chrome.
4. Scan your computer using WINDOWS SECURITY
If you're the type of person who downloads a large number of files from the web, your computer may be infected with malware. These fake files also disrupt your browsing experience and will keep changing your Google search engine to Yahoo in the background.
It's difficult to identify such files on your own. That's where Microsoft's excellent Windows Security tool comes in. You can use it to remove any malicious files from your computer.
Allow Microsoft to find and remove these files from your computer.
5. Try Google Chrome alternatives
Your web browsing options aren't limited to Google Chrome. If you're having issues with Google Chrome, the Windows/Mac ecosystem is full of Google Chrome alternatives.
One such option is Microsoft Edge. Microsoft's feature-packed browser with sleep tabs and groups Group tabs and more. Of course, you can't go wrong with Use Safari or Firefox Also.
Disable Yahoo Search from Google Chrome
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