DuckDuckGo is an internet search engine designed with privacy in mind. It focuses on protecting searchers’ privacy and avoiding the filter bubble found with other search engine companies, including Google, Bing, and others.
On Windows 11, the default browse is Microsoft Edge, and the default search engine with Microsoft Edge is Bing. Similarly, if you use Google Chrome or another chromium-based browser, Google is the default search engine. Now if you don’t want your search engine to track your web searches, you can switch to DuckDuckGo. Here is a guide on how you can make DuckDuckGo the default search engine on web browsers.
What is a Search engine?
A search engine refers to a software program, that is capable of searching for anything on the World Wide Web. Just type your query on the search engine and the search engine will provide you with the relevant web pages and videos.
The most popular Search Engines are Google, Yahoo, Bing, and DuckDuckGo. Google is the most used search engine.
How to Make DuckDuckGo Default Search Engine on Microsoft Edge
By default, Bing is the default search engine on Windows 11. Here is how you can set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine on Microsoft Edge Browser.
First of all, you have to have the latest Edge Browser installed on your Windows 11 operating system. You can update your Microsoft Edge browser for the settings page, or else you can download and install the latest version of the Edge browser from the official website.
After that, follow the below steps to change the default search engine on Edge.
1. Open the Microsoft Edge browser.
2. Now click on the three-dot icon, present the top right corner, and select the Settings option. Or else, you can enter this edge://settings/ on your Edge browser address bar to open the settings page.
3. On the Settings page, click the Privacy, search, and Services option and scroll to the Services section. Now select the Address bar and search option. Here, you will find Bing as the default search engine on the Edge browser.
4. To change the default search engine, change the search engine used in the address bar to DuckDuckGo from the drop-down menu and close the Settings page.
That’s it. This is how you can make DuckDuckGo the default search engine on your Microsoft Edge browser.
How to Make DuckDuckGo Default Search Engine on Google Chrome
Now let us discuss how to change the default search engine on Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. By default, Google is the default search engine on Chromium-based browsers.
Here in this section, we will guide you on how you can change the default search engine on Google Chrome. For other chromium-based browsers, the process will be the same.
So, first of all, you have to download and install Google Chrome on your Windows 11 operating system. For that, you can download it from the official website.
After that, follow the below steps to change the default search engine to DuckDuckGo on Google Chrome.
1. Open the Google Chrome browser.
2. Now click on the three-dot icon, present the top right corner, and select the Settings option. Or else, you can enter this chrome://settings/ on your Google Chrome browser address bar to open the settings page.
3. On the Settings page, click on the Search Engine option. Here, you will find Google as the default search engine on the Google Chrome browser.
4. To change the default search engine, change the search engine used in the address bar to DuckDuckGo from the drop-down menu and close the Settings page.
Conclusion
That’s it; this is how you can make DuckDuckGo the default search engine on your Windows 11. You can also check our guide on; how to install Tor Browser on Windows 11. For that, follow the linked guide.
