# Default search engine is Google but redirects to Yahoo

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/default-search-engine-is-google-but-redirects-to-yahoo/264324>\
**Category:** Brave Browser\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/default-search-engine-is-google-but-redirects-to-yahoo/264324 "2021-07-06T01:00:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![matteopa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@matteopa](https://community.brave.app/u/matteopa)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/default-search-engine-is-google-but-redirects-to-yahoo/264324/1 "2021-07-06T01:00:46Z")

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Using brave browser and setting Google as default browser doesn’t work as intended, it still uses Yahoo as default search engine. Even typing in [google.com](http://google.com) for searching, redirects to [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) searches. Just type [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) in url bar and it loads [google.com](http://google.com) and search something, redirects me to [yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com) search no matter what. I used various malware /spyware tools such as malwarebytes, and spyhunter and still does it.

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**Author:** ![eljuno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/eljuno/32/150436_2.png) [@eljuno](https://community.brave.app/u/eljuno)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/default-search-engine-is-google-but-redirects-to-yahoo/264324/2 "2021-07-06T11:54:06Z")

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Try disable all your extensions then re-enable it one by one. Most likely one of your extension’s the culprit.

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**Author:** ![matteopa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@matteopa](https://community.brave.app/u/matteopa)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/default-search-engine-is-google-but-redirects-to-yahoo/264324/3 "2021-07-07T12:24:20Z")

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Thanks, it was an extension called “Image Downloader” which I can no longer find in the chrome store. Once I disabled / removed it… google search works. Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![eljuno](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/brave/user_avatar/community.brave.app/eljuno/32/150436_2.png) [@eljuno](https://community.brave.app/u/eljuno)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/default-search-engine-is-google-but-redirects-to-yahoo/264324/4 "2021-07-07T18:32:59Z")

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