# Why Is Brave Allowing Google Search To Take Away My Preferred Search Engine **URL:** \ **Category:** Brave Browser\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [December 9, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/why-is-brave-allowing-google-search-to-take-away-my-preferred-search-engine/452616 "2022-12-09T00:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mjkom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@mjkom](https://community.brave.app/u/mjkom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/why-is-brave-allowing-google-search-to-take-away-my-preferred-search-engine/452616/1 "2022-12-09T00:00:21Z")
\*I’ve had Brave from the beginning. One of the things I appreciated was the ability to choose which search engine I wanted. Now, I can’t move Google off my browser. I can’t switch it to another search engine, and its only option is to activate Google. I knew this would happen eventually, and it’s really a pain to have my choices taken away. I don’t want google. I’ve never wanted Google. Unless there’s a way to get rid of this, I’m going to have to dump Brave. ---
**Author:** ![chh\_68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@chh\_68](https://community.brave.app/u/chh_68)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/why-is-brave-allowing-google-search-to-take-away-my-preferred-search-engine/452616/2 "2022-12-09T21:27:54Z")
?? There are 6-7 default search engines in brave browser including brave search. Go into browser settings `brave://search` and change your search engine. Make sure you do not have any malicious extensions affecting you search experience. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/brave/original/3X/1/8/182067f3480d1a5e7aea5ae3131b116ca1ef7918.png) [@system](https://community.brave.app/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.brave.app/t/why-is-brave-allowing-google-search-to-take-away-my-preferred-search-engine/452616/3 "2023-01-08T21:28:14Z")
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