Solved Issues with changing the default search engine after update

WFred

@Pathduck I'll give that a try when I get home.

Thanks for the reminder, but I'm well aware of how to take a screenshot on Windows. I was getting ready to leave for work and was going to be responding later on my phone so it was quicker & easier to just take the pics

WFred

@Pathduck
I tried your suggestion, but to no avail. I still can't change the search engine to anything other than Bing

There is another odd thing happening.
Since one of the solutions is to disable/enable search extensions I thought I'd install then enable/disable DDG essentials and see if that took care of it.

But it looks like the Chrome Store doesn't recognize my Vivaldi as a compatible browser because I don't get an Install To Chrome button on any extensions (see photos - the button is there for my Chrome browser)

Any idea at all what might be causing this?
vivaldi wayback
chrome wayback
vivaldi DDG
chrome DDG

karllangercroager

Mac user here, I wasn't even able to change the default search engine from Bing. And I couldn't delete Bing, either—maybe because it was the default. So I just took the "bing" search and put new url data into it, changed the name. It's a workaround, but might help others.

SanderG

@Ruarí For me vivaldi still keeps resetting search settings every time I restart. And I don't have extensions which influence my browser settings. Anybody else still having these issues in 2025?

Pesala

@SanderG This is an old thread for Vivaldi version 5.3 and is tagged as Solved.

I think you should start a new topic if you are experiencing this issue on the latest build.