Solved Issues with changing the default search engine after update

[DoctorG]

@rojo https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/586190

[pronto333]

Whenever I try to change Yahoo! to Google, I cannot.

Can anyone help?

[dmocha]

@Ruarí said in Issues with changing the default search engine after update:

If you disable the extension and immediately re-enable it the issue goes away.

It did help; there was no need to press a button. Thanks

[Jaxeed]

After the last update the default search engine is Bing, even though I've never used Bing before. In the settings I'm not allowed to change it to any other search engine. What ever I select on the roll down menu, it will go right back to Bing immediately.

[ArcTrooper210]

As the title states. After updating Vivaldi it changed my default search engine from DuckduckGo to Bing and now it will not let me change the default search engine at all.

[VIthe3rd]

So this browser just updated and now Bing Search is locked into place. All the delete buttons, check marks, and drop down selection lists are locked or greyed out to Bing. That is really annoying. Of all the features of this browser this is pretty petty to lock to one engine. I do quick searches in the bars and I used to be able to quickly select what engine I wanted to use. Not be stuck with Bing. Which I never used anyway.

[Xyno]

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[Ayespy]

@VIthe3rd The solution is already posted in the very topic you are posting to. Please read the topic.

[HerveC]

Bonjour
I had same trouble Bing as default. Disabling Lillo search engine fixed the trouble.
Regards
RV

[Ruarí]

@VIthe3rd said in Issues with changing the default search engine after update:

Of all the features of this browser this is pretty petty to lock to one engine.

True that would be petty but… Hanlon's razor

never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

It is a bug with the migration script for search engines and not intentional. Disable and then re-enable any extensions you have that control search and the issue should go away.

[NeadReport]

Microsoft Windows 11
Vivaldi 5.3
Unable to select ANY other search engine in Vivaldi settings.
Default search engine is currently BING
When choosing another search engine from the drop down list, BING does not change.
Hijacked.
Please fix.
Thank you.

[Shadess]

Having the same issue, came with the last update.

[Shadess]

Okay, found an easy fix for myself at least. Seemed to be some funky interaction with the duckduckgo extension. Disabling it let the default search engine be changed. Re-enabling the extension doesn't force it back to bing either.

[Catweazle]

@NeadReport , the cause is the DDG Essentials extension. But Bing anyway remains as Image search engine in 5.3

[NeadReport]

@Shadess said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

Okay, found an easy fix for myself at least. Seemed to be some funky interaction with the duckduckgo extension. Disabling it let the default search engine be changed. Re-enabling the extension doesn't force it back to bing either.

Interesting. Definitely a bug of some sort. How did you go about disabling DuckDuckGo?

[NeadReport]

@NeadReport said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

@Shadess said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

Okay, found an easy fix for myself at least. Seemed to be some funky interaction with the duckduckgo extension. Disabling it let the default search engine be changed. Re-enabling the extension doesn't force it back to bing either.

Interesting. Definitely a bug of some sort. How did you go about disabling DuckDuckGo?

Nevermind! I uninstalled the DDG extension. TY

[Catweazle]

@NeadReport , not the original DDG search engine, but the one which is added by the extension.
The problem is that the last Vivaldi version 5.3 need a nick for the search engines you use, bit the DDG instance of the extension don't permit it, there you can't add a nick.

Anyway the bug is that Vivaldi only offers Google and Bing for the image search and you can delete only one of them and you can't add another one.

[NeadReport]

@NeadReport said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

@NeadReport said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

@Shadess said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

Okay, found an easy fix for myself at least. Seemed to be some funky interaction with the duckduckgo extension. Disabling it let the default search engine be changed. Re-enabling the extension doesn't force it back to bing either.

Interesting. Definitely a bug of some sort. How did you go about disabling DuckDuckGo?

Nevermind! I uninstalled the DDG extension. TY

Welp. DDG extension is still showing after restarting Vivaldi. Still can't change default browser from Bing.

[Catweazle]

@NeadReport , you must delete the extension and after this theDDG instance it has put in your search engine list..

[NeadReport]

@Catweazle said in MS BING has hijacked 'Default Search Engine":

@NeadReport , not the original DDG search engine, but the one which is added by the extension.
The problem is that the last Vivaldi version 5.3 need a nick for the search engines you use, bit the DDG instance of the extension don't permit it, there you can't add a nick.

Anyway the bug is that Vivaldi only offers Google and Bing for the image search and you can delete only one of them and you can't add another one.

I saw the image search 'default' list issue as well. Hopefully there is a fix soon. Thank you!