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It may happen that a user accidentally removes the Google search engine from the Chrome browser. For example, when cleaning the browser from hijackers and unknown search engines.
It goes without saying, that various malicious programs can also remove the search engine #1 by themselves. Malware often adds their own fake search providers to route you to a phishing website with the purpose to steal your credentials or just hijack your browser.
But it is not so easy to add it back because you need to put a search URL. Today we will teach you how to restore Google search in Chrome without removing and re-installing the app.
Follow the steps:
Click the three dot icon and select “Settings”.
Scroll down to the “Search Engine” section or use the corresponding link in the left pane.
Select “Manage engines”.
Click “Add” under default providers:
Fill in name, keyword and URL and click “Add”.
Here is how:
Name: Google
Keyword: Google.com
URL: (copy and paste the code below){google:baseURL}search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:iOSSearchLanguage}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:contextualSearchVersion}ie={inputEncoding}
Once you’ve done this, you should see new provider in “Other”. Now click the three dots next to the newly added item…
… and select “Make Default” in the drop-down menu.
Done!
Go to Menu.
Dive into Settings:
In Search section click Manage Search Engines:
Add a new search provider as I explained in the previous paragraph. Just copy and paste name, keyword and code.
Click on the empty area.
Click Make default.
And after that – Done:
Warning! The reset will also clear all bookmarks, history, saved passwords etc!
Read the full guide.
Confirm:
All settings including search providers will be reset.
If you suspect that your PC may be infected with malware, we advise to scan it with free anti-malware tools.
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Thank you so much! This really helped.
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Thank You so very much I accidentally disabled it and have been to so many sites to get it back.
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Helped a lot... I was waiting for a week to find this
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This worked! I had clicktripz as a popunder so I deleted the google search engine from Chrome. This article helped me restore the Google search engine ti chrome.
Thank you so very much. I seem to have to restore google to my default search engine too often. That is what I was doing and clicked the wrong thing and before you know it damage control. You saved me.