Solved Issues with changing the default search engine after update

Desuka

I am also suffering from this same issue. My default went from DuckDuckGo to Yahoo Search.
Changing back to DuckDuckGo as my default is only temporary and will revert back to Yahoo after closing and opening the browser. In the settings menu Yahoo 'Set as Default Search' was check and greyed out and I cannot uncheck it. Drop down menu is also hard stuck at Yahoo when trying to change it from there. I also unable to delete Yahoo, clicking on the Delete button does nothing.

tw9

@mib2berlin thanks, after disabling extensions, the search engine went back to google automatically. But after enabling, it's yahoo again and unable to change.
Now I know it's an extension doing, so I'm up to find out which.
Thanks, btw it's

--disable-extensions

for anyone reading.

mib2berlin

@tw9
Ooops, thank you, I will edit my post.

Cheers, mib

mib2berlin

@volodymyrhandziuk @Desuka
Please check "Known issues" on the change log blog.

https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-three-5-3/

Cheers, mib

nicktsak

@mib2berlin I experienced the same problem but the suggestion in the article you provided fixed it. Thank you!

Cane

Same here. Can't choose search engine.
If I force it by choosing another search engine with checkbox 'Default search' it doesn't save at all. Nothing changes.

oneohhsix

i had the same issue... i found the only way to fix it was in the search settings and had to click "reset search settings to default" then i was able to change to whatever i wanted... i also had to reset the url bar to default because for some reason after the update it wouldnt let me type any URLS in.. i also had to go back into settings and re enable the side panel...

all in all, id say this is the worst update ive had using Vivaldi..

tjamesy

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Onweerwolf

For some reason, overnight, several searches were added to Vivaldi. I was able to remove all of them in Settings/Search but when I try to delete 'Bing' it doesn't work.

Does anyone know how?

Edit: nevermind, I just found out I also had to remove it from "search engine" first and then I was able to get rid of it.

Was this a bad update thing or did I install a bad extension?

Pesala

@Onweerwolf You have to choose another default search engine first. Vivaldi must have a default engine.

WildEnte

@Onweerwolf said in How to remove 'Bing' from search?:

Was this a bad update thing or did I install a bad extension?

bad update thing. see the known issues in https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-three-5-3/

Sandwah

After the latest update, my default search as changed from Google to Bing... and now when I attempt to change it back to Google in search settings, the setting will not accept Google. What is going on?

TMich

Same for me but on Windows.
Now my default search engine switched from DDG to Yahoo and cannot change it

Sandwah

@WildEnte I updated and still cannot change back to Google default, as it seems to have hard coded Bing as default search. What the heck is going on?

TMich

It happened the same to me, now my default search engine switched from DDG to Yahoo and cannot change it

EDIT
I confirm the following worked for me:

Disable all extensions
Close all Vivaldi windows and reopen
Now the default search engine can be changed
Re-enable all the extensions

WildEnte

@Sandwah did you check the known issues hint on the page I linked to?

"If you have recently upgraded to 5.3 and have a problem where you cannot change search engines (VB-89670), we are still planning a fix for this in a future update. To work around it in the mean time, just disable and immediately re-enable any extensions you have installed that can configure/setup search (.e.g. “DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials”, “Startpage — Private Search Engine”, “Kagi Search”, etc.). Now restart the browser. You should then be able to control the default search engine again in Settings."

TbGbe · Win: Snapshot Vivaldi 7.4.3671.3

This problem is mentioned in the release blog - and there is a workaround described until the problem is fixed.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-three-5-3/

WildEnte

@asboyd @jchartrand @oneohhsix @TMich @VivGhost and anyone else who might come across this thread, this is a known issue as described on https://vivaldi.com/blog/desktop/minor-update-three-5-3/

"Known issue
If you have recently upgraded to 5.3 and have a problem where you cannot change search engines (VB-89670), we are still planning a fix for this in a future update. To work around it in the mean time, just disable and immediately re-enable any extensions you have installed that can configure/setup search (.e.g. “DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials”, “Startpage — Private Search Engine”, “Kagi Search”, etc.). Now restart the browser. You should then be able to control the default search engine again in Settings."

mib2berlin

@Sandwah @TMich
Hi, on the change log:

Known issue:
If you have recently upgraded to 5.3 and have a problem where you cannot change search engines (VB-89670), we are still planning a fix for this in a future update. To work around it in the mean time, just disable and immediately re-enable any extensions you have installed that can configure/setup search (.e.g. “DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials”, “Startpage — Private Search Engine”, “Kagi Search”, etc.). Now restart the browser. You should then be able to control the default search engine again in Settings.

Cheers, mib

Sandwah

Thanks very much, that worked.