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How to add Google as default search in Internet Explorer

July 31, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Internet Explorer is in-built with Bing as the default search engine. But it also provides users with the option to change the default search provider. Listed below are the steps for changing the default search engine in Internet Explorer 11 and 8

Make Google as default search engine in Internet Explorer 11

Launch Internet Explorer 11, navigate to address bar and click Search icon.

Search option in Address bar

Then click the Add Search Provider option in Search bar.

Add Search providers in Internet Explorer

Then select Google Search under Add-ons section

Select Google Search under Add-ons

In the Internet Explorer Gallery screen, click Add to Internet Explorer button.

Add Google Search to Internet Explorer

This should display the following Add Search Provider screen. Now mark the checkbox with caption as Make this my default search provider option. Then click Add button to confirm and save the changes.

make default search engine in Internet Explorer

Modifying default search provider using Manage add-ons option

If you had already added the search provider then you can follow the below mentioned steps to make it default.

Click the Tools menu and select Manage add-ons from the dropdown menu.

Manage add-ons in Internet Options

In the Manage Add-ons screen, navigate to Search Providers under Add-on-Types. Then select Google and click Set as default button.

Make Google Search as default

 

Set Google as default service provider in Internet Explorer 8

To add Google as a default search provider then it involves the following two steps

  • Adding Google Search Providers as Add-ons to Internet Explorer 8 (if not already added)
  • Changing the Google as the default search provider

You can use the Find More Search Providers and add Google to the Internet Explorer 8. Find More Search Providers can be accessed through Menu option available on clicking the Search text box drop down.

Find More Providers

Clicking on Find More Providers will display the Add-ons Gallery: Search Providers webpage and from this you can select Google and click on Add to Internet Explorer button. This would display Add Search Provider dialog box and to make Google as default search tick the check box Make this my default search provider and click on the Add button.

Add search provider in Internet Explorer

Filed Under: Internet Explorer Tagged With: Internet Explorer 11, Internet Explorer 8, Make Default, Manage add-ons, Search Provider

How to make Internet Explorer 11 as default browser on Windows 8.1

June 12, 2014 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Windows 8.1 users can make Internet Explorer as the default browsers using Internet Options. Windows 8.1 comes with IE 11 as the default browser but if you have changed this setting then you can follow the below mentioned steps to revert the changes.

How to set Internet Explorer 11 as default browser

Step 1: Launch Internet Explorer and click the Settings icon available on the Top right hand side.

Internet Options on Windows 8.1

Step 2: Navigate to Programs tab in Internet Options window.

Make Internet Explorer the default browser

Step 3: Click “Make Internet Explorer the default browser” link under Opening Internet Explorer section. This should launch the Default Programs window as shown below.

Set Default Programs in Windows 8.1

Step 4: Select Internet Explorer under Programs section then choose “Set this program as default” option.

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If you want to make Internet Explorer as default programs for only selected file types then click Choose defaults for this program option. Now select the extensions for which you want to have Internet Explorer as the default program.

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Also See: How to disable the default browser check for Internet Explorer

Filed Under: Internet, Internet Explorer, Windows, Windows 8 Tagged With: Default Browser, Internet Explorer 11, Windows 8.1

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