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May 20, 2019 Update 5/20: Microsoft has officially launched Edge for macOS today. While both the leaked download links below for the Canary and Dev builds are still live, Microsoft is starting with support for. Microsoft Edge Beta Released For Windows 10 And macOS By Oliver Haslam August 21st, 2019 Good news for those who like their browsers to be of the Edge variety, with Microsoft announcing a new beta version of Edge for both Windows and macOS users.
Microsoft is starting fresh with a new version of Edge based on the Chromium engine. While the new browser shares many of the same features found in Google Chrome, the company is adding its own tweaks and features, including Bing as the default search engine when querying searches from the address bar.
Although Bing offers a great search experience, it's still not a search engine for everyone. However, if you're moving from Chrome, and you want to keep using Google as your default engine. Or you prefer something different (such as DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Ask, etc.), the Chromium version of Microsoft Edge includes an option to set a different search engine – you just need to know where to find the settings.
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In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to change the default search engine in the new Chromium version of Microsoft Edge.
How to change default search engine on Microsoft Edge
To change the default search engine on the new version of Microsoft Edge, use these steps:
- Open Microsoft Edge.
- Click the Settings and more (three-dotted) button from the top-right corner.
Click the Settings option.
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- Click on Privacy and services.
Click the Address bar option at the bottom of the page.
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Use the 'Search engine used in the address bar' drop-down menu and select the default search engine, such as DuckDuckGo, Google, Yahoo!, or Bing (default).
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- (Optional) Turn off the Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters toggle switch if you want to search from the address bar with suggestions.
Once you complete the steps, you should be able to open a new tab and search from the address bar with the new default search engine.
How to set custom search engine on Microsoft Edge
If the preferred search engine doesn't appear in the list, you'll need to add it manually with these steps:
- Open Microsoft Edge.
- Click the Settings and more (three-dotted) button from the top-right corner.
Select the Settings option.
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- Click on Privacy and services.
Click the Address bar option at the bottom of the page.
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Click the Manage search engines option.
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Quick tip: While on this page, if you have search engines that you don't use, you can always click the button on the right, and select the Remove option to delete them.
Click the Add button from the top-right.
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- Specify a descriptive name for the option — for example, Google.
- Specify any keyword to comply with the requirement — for example, Google.
Specify the exact search engine string — for example, to make Google the new default. Then the string should look like this:
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- Click the Add button.
Click the search engine three-dotted button and select the Make default option.
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After you complete the steps, as you enter a new query in the address bar, the search should happen with the engine that you have specified. Also, the new option should also appear in the 'Search engine used in the address bar' drop-down menu in the 'Address bar' settings page.
We're focusing this guide on Windows 10, but these instructions may also work on the previous version of Windows as well as on other supported platforms like macOS.
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-->This article explains how you can set Microsoft Edge as the default browser on Windows and macOS.
Note
This article applies to Microsoft Edge version 77 or later on Windows 8 and Windows 10. For Windows 7 and macOS, see the Set Microsoft Edge as default browser policy.
Introduction
You can use the Set a default associations configuration file Group Policy or the DefaultAssociationsConfiguration Mobile Device Management setting to set Microsoft Edge as the default browser for your organization.
To set Microsoft Edge Stable as the default browser for html files, http/https links, and PDF files use the following application association file example:
Note
To set Microsoft Edge Beta as the default browser, set ApplicationName to 'Microsoft Edge Beta' and ProgId to 'MSEdgeBHTML'. To set Microsoft Edge Dev as the default browser, set ApplicationName to 'Microsoft Edge Dev' and ProgId to 'MSEdgeDHTML'.
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The default file associations aren't applied if Microsoft Edge isn't installed on the target device. In this scenario, users are prompted to select their default application when they open a link or a htm/html file.
Set Microsoft Edge as the default browser on domain-joined devices
You can set Microsoft Edge as the default browser on domain-joined devices by configuring the Set a default associations configuration file group policy. Turning this group policy on requires you to create and store a default associations configuration file. This file is stored locally or on a network share. For more information about creating this file, see Export or Import Default Application Associations.
To configure the group policy for a default file type and protocol associations configuration file:
- Open the Group Policy editor and go to the Computer ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesWindows ComponentsFile Explorer.
- Select Set a default associations configuration file.
- Click policy setting, and then click Enabled.
- Under Options:, type the location to your default associations configuration file.
- Click OK to save the policy settings.
The example in the next screenshot shows an associations file named appassoc.xml on a network share that is accessible from the target device.
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If this setting is enabled and the user's device is domain-joined, the associations configuration file is processed the next time the user signs on.
Set Microsoft Edge as the default browser on Azure Active Directory joined devices
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To set Microsoft Edge as the default browser on Azure Active Directory joined devices follow the steps in the DefaultAssociationsConfiguration Mobile Device Management setting using the following application association file as an example.
Note
To set Microsoft Edge Beta as the default browser, set ApplicationName to 'Microsoft Edge Beta' and ProgId to 'MSEdgeBHTML'. To set Microsoft Edge Dev as the default browser, set ApplicationName to 'Microsoft Edge Dev' and ProgId to 'MSEdgeDHTML'.
Set Microsoft Edge as the default browser on macOS
Attempting to programmatically set the default browser on macOS causes a prompt to appear for the end user. This prompt is a macOS security feature that can only be automated away by using an AppleScript.
Because of this limitation, there are two main methods for setting Microsoft Edge as the default browser on a macOS. The first option is to flash the device with an image of macOS where Microsoft Edge has already been set as the default browser. The other option is to use the Set Microsoft Edge as default browser policy, which prompts the user to set Microsoft Edge as the default browser.
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When using either of these methods, it is still possible for a user to change the default browser. This is because for security reasons, the default browser preference can’t be blocked programmatically. For this reason, we recommend that you deploy the Set Microsoft Edge as default browser policy even if you create an image with Microsoft Edge as the default browser. If the policy is set and a user changes the default browser from Microsoft Edge the next time they open Microsoft Edge, they will be prompted to set it as the default.
See also
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- Export or Import Default Application Associations