All search engines are suddenly gone, except the default one

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I guess now I’m confused. Yes, you can use the Add button but I think the most reliable way to add a search engine to the browser is via OpenSearch – then you don’t have to worry about any weirdness with the search string.

So @epicgamer45 @blind-confused lets use startpage as an example, but this can be done with any search engeine:

  1. First, go to brave://settings/search and make sure you have the Index other search engines option toggled “on”
  2. Now go to brave://settings/searchEngines and you have any weird Startpage entries here, delete them
  3. Once done, go to startpage.com and perform any search on the site
  4. Now go back go brave://settings/searchEngines (you may need to refresh the page if the tab was still open) and under Inactive searches you will see Startpage appear
  5. Click Activate, then Right-click on the “three dots” icon next to it and select Make default

Startpage now appears in your default browsing engine list:

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Note that this works for any search engine that supports OpenSearch (which is basically all of them that you’d want to use). Basically any time you search on one, if it can be added to that list then it will be. I’ve also included a short recording to ensure the steps make sense:

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How to add a custom search engine?
No choice in search engine offered