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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

How to completely remove a default search engine?

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I would like to replace the default standard duckduckgo with the https/ssl version. That is not possible because the "remove" does not completely remove the default engine and it cannot be replaced by another version of the search engine,

I would like to replace the default standard duckduckgo with the https/ssl version. That is not possible because the "remove" does not completely remove the default engine and it cannot be replaced by another version of the search engine,

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Firefox should use a secure connection with all built-in search engines.

You can no longer make modifications to built-in search engines or add search engines globally via the searchengines folder in the Firefox program folder.

You can inspect the built-in default search engines by pasting this chrome URI in the location bar. 

chrome://browser/locale/searchplugins/
chrome://browser/locale/searchplugins/ddg.xml
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cor-el
cor-el
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Gekose oplossing

Firefox should use a secure connection with all built-in search engines.

You can no longer make modifications to built-in search engines or add search engines globally via the searchengines folder in the Firefox program folder.

You can inspect the built-in default search engines by pasting this chrome URI in the location bar. 

chrome://browser/locale/searchplugins/
chrome://browser/locale/searchplugins/ddg.xml
Hopfer-firefox
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Thanks. The chrome URL was very helpful for inspecting ddg.xml.