Solved Issues with changing the default search engine after update

mib2berlin

@Beholder4096
Hi, some user report DDG extension block Vivaldi from deleting search engines. If you cant change or delete search engines in a clean profile than it is a Vivaldi bug

Cheers, mib

iAN CooG

@pjbonner said in Changing default search engine reverts to bing on next startup:

Image Search Engine is limited to Bing and Google

It's more than before, before you could only search images with Google.

Catweazle

@Beholder4096 , same issue. I think the problem is that Vivaldi only proposes Bing and Google as search engines for images, without the possibility of adding another image search engine.
Deleting Google, only Bing remains as the default search engine for images and without being able to add another, it is naturally impossible to delete it.

fellout

5.3.2679.38 (Stable channel) (64-bit)

Default search engine has changed to bing!!!. Trying to change it back in settings won't select anything other than bing.

Private Window Search Engine and Image Search Engine work as intended,

Pesala

@fellout Some users reported that the DDG extension blocks Vivaldi from deleting search engines.

DZAladan

@Pesala I confirm that this is the case: as soon as I disabled the extension, the default engine immediately changed back to my default.

No bueno, DuckDuckGo.

Surreal

Very weird.

After updating, Yahoo was set to default and it was impossible to change or remove it completely. Could only change the name and url.

Worried there for a bit that Vivaldi got paid off good.

But disabling the DuckDuckGo extension and restarting did the trick.

Bye bye Yahoo!

dmocha

@Pathduck said in Why can't I remove Yahoo?:

@dmocha Try to set search settings back to default or reset all search settings from the bottom button.

Does using the button mean that I will have to add all my search engines again?

I have dozens of them

Pathduck

@dmocha Not necessarily...

A screenshot of your search settings page might help explain the issue.

Do you have the DDG extension installed as mentioned above?

Ruarí

This is a 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 meantime, just disable and immediately re-enable any extensions you have installed that can configure/set up a 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.

More info: It is not really the DDG extension's fault to be clear. It is a poor interaction from the extension and some search migration code that gets run on the upgrade from 5.2 to 5.3. The bug is on our side. If you disable the extension and immediately re-enable it the issue goes away.

//MODEDIT: added the entire workaround procedure
~pafflick

DZAladan

There's an update from the Vivaldi staff: it's an internal issue on the browser itself, apparently, and can be caused by any extension, not just DDG.

https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/1532684257847558145

Additionally, disabling and re-enabling the extension should solve the issue. I tried it myself and I can confirm it works.
https://twitter.com/vivaldibrowser/status/1532694331554992128

bradmonk

@DZAladan Proper busted on my end. I am unable to even toggle extensions. Bing is stuck as the default search engine, nor am I able to delete Google from the list of search engines.

The conspiracy theorist in me says this might have something to do with DDG and their 'contractual obligations' with Microsoft, which have been in the news this past week....

hari_ghk

After the recent update version 5.3.2679.38, Vivaldi is not allowing to change the search engine. It is forcing to use Yahoo. If this continues I will have to abandon using this browser.

mib2berlin

@hari_ghk
Hi, some user report this and abandon the DDG extension.
If you use it simply disable it change search engine and enable it again.
Search forum for "yahoo search" to get more info or read:

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

Cheers, mib

snlj

Can confirm that toggling the DDG extension off and then back on from the Manage Extensions page fixed the issue for me.

That said, another issue I'm having is that the auto-suggest when searching from the address bar is now defaulting to items from my Typed History, rather than to the default search engine. This is happening despite the fact that I don't have (and never have had) any entries in the Allow Search Suggestions setting enabled.

hari_ghk

@mib2berlin Your solution worked. Thank you for the quick response.

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rogacz

Hi all, I have a problem with Vivaldi, namely the browser has changed the search engine to Yahoo without asking permission and blocks any attempts to change to the previous one.
Does anyone know when the fix will come out? Because I don't think Vivaldi team will leave users for weekend with this bug?