# Search engine is set to Google, but searches to yahoo. Help please?

**URL:** <https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391>\
**Category:** Desktop Support\
**Tags:** macos\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391 "2021-02-11T16:54:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![pastorb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@pastorb](https://community.brave.app/u/pastorb)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391/1 "2021-02-11T16:54:34Z")

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I have set the search engine to google, but every time I search from the bar it automatically searches by the yahoo search engine.

The Issue is produced every single time I search through the web bar.

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**Author:** ![justsomeone1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@justsomeone1](https://community.brave.app/u/justsomeone1)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391/2 "2021-02-11T17:38:45Z")

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Hello @pastorb

1)try to update your browser  
2) go to `brave://settings/searchEngines` and click on the 3 vertical dot in front of google search engine then make it default

if that does not help try to disable all extension and see if it work fine or not  
if it worked fine then the issue in one of your extension try to enable them back one by one till you get the one that cause the issue

hope that help and have a nice day 🙂

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**Author:** ![pastorb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@pastorb](https://community.brave.app/u/pastorb)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391/3 "2021-02-11T20:38:02Z")

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none of those worked. I think it is some type of spyware.

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**Author:** ![pastorb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@pastorb](https://community.brave.app/u/pastorb)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391/4 "2021-02-12T02:46:04Z")

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This web address helped me fix it completely. It is a malware that attaches to your browser.

> **[Remove Searchemoji.club browser hijacker (Virus Removal Guide)](https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-searchemoji-club/)**
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> This guide teaches you how to remove Searchemoji.club browser hijacker for free by following easy step-by-step instructions.

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**Author:** ![justsomeone1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@justsomeone1](https://community.brave.app/u/justsomeone1)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391/5 "2021-02-12T13:03:32Z")

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glad to know that you figured it out  
well done and have a nice day 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/search-engine-is-set-to-google-but-searches-to-yahoo-help-please/205391/6 "2021-03-14T13:04:07Z")

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