There’s at least one third-party solution that intercepts most attempts to force-run Edge and instead runs the default browser. (I believe it also always uses Microsoft Edge, regardless of your default browser setting.) While it’s reminiscent of the “ham handed” and “ramming it down your throat” comments I made earlier, in some ways it’s no surprise that Microsoft Windows would use Microsoft Bing.
There is no built-in configuration option to change this. If you use the search box in the Windows 10 Start menu, or if you use Cortana, Windows 10 will always perform internet searches using Bing. Bing as Windows 10’s default search engine Exactly how you make a change depends on which browser you use. If you’re running a browser other than Edge, chances are you already have a different search provider, but you can check your settings. If you’re using Edge (and the newest version is a reasonable Google Chrome alternative), you can change the default search provider. It should be no surprise that Microsoft Bing is the default search provider in Microsoft Edge 1. When you type something that isn’t a web address into the address bar, they assume you want to search the internet, and fire up the configured search provider. Nothing more.īut browsers have default search providers. I repeat: Bing is a website with a search engine. So the knee-jerk reaction is simple: if you don’t like Bing, don’t go to. That’s the service Bing is attempting to provide, in direct competition with. On that website, you’ll find a search engine. It’s important to realize Bing is nothing more than a website. As always, look out for other software installs that might change your default settings back to Bing whether you wanted, or asked for it, or not. Bing is the search engine used in Edge’s new tab page, and there’s no setting for that either, though you can install an extension to override the new tab page. There’s no setting to change that, but you can use a tool called EdgeDeflector to change it to a browser, with a default search engine, of your choice. Edge is also Windows 10’s default browser for searches performed using the Start menu. It’s often set as Edge’s default search engine, which can be changed to whatever you like using Edge settings. Bing is a website hosting a search engine - nothing more.
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