All of the work is done on your local machine and it collects no data as it operates simply by redirecting links the Windows shell tries to push to Microsoft Edge. The installer will run you through anything you need to do on your system to get it running, but once complete it’ll simply fade into the background. In the 'Default apps' section of 'Settings' there is an option for 'Choose default apps by protocol' and you'll be directed to change the Microsoft Edge option to EdgeDeflector.Īs noted on the Github page you may need to re-install after major feature updates so it’s worth keeping it bookmarked.
I hope the post was easy to understand, and you were able to use Google as the search engine instead of Chrome when searching using the Windows 10 Start menu.To install, grab the latest release from the Github page (opens in new tab) and install it like any other executable on Windows 10. Now, if you type anything in Windows 10 Start Menu, it will open in the default browser, and then redirect to Google.
In Firefox, click on the Hamburger Menu> Options> Search. If you are using Firefox, we can set up the redirection without any addons. You can do this by going to Settings> System> Default apps> Go to Web browser> Choose Firefox or Chrome or Chrome 2] Configuring Google as a Search Engine in Firefox 1] Settings Firefox or Chrome as Default Browser So changing the default browser is not necessary.
Now that Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium, it will work with Edge too. Still, the query will be redirected to Google instead of Bing. So anything you search in Windows 10 Start Menu will open in the default browser. The trick is to redirect any query that is sent to Bing to Google.
How to use Google on Windows 10 Start Menu Search instead of Bing Even though Bing powers these personal assistants, many still prefer Google for their web searches. For those who do not know, Apple’s Siri is also powered by Microsoft Bing. However, Microsoft has not reduced it a standard assistant thing that nobody will use. So in this post, we will share how you can ditch Bing for Google on Windows 10 Start Menu Search.Ĭortana on Windows 10 used to do a plethora of things like searching your files, managing calendar appointments, track packages, track flights, tell you jokes, sing songs, and much more. Bing, as we know it, is nowhere to Google Search results. While Microsoft has decoupled Cortana from Windows Search, but if you type anything in the Start menu, it will still use Bing Microsoft’s native search engine.