How to set Google as your default search engine on Microsoft Edge

If Bing is not your favorite search engine and you use Microsoft Edge, use these steps to set Google as your default search engine, start page, and home button.

Microsoft Edge with Google as default
Microsoft Edge with Google as default / Image: Mauro Huculak
  • To set Google as the default search engine on Microsoft Edge, open “edge://settings/search” and choose the “Google” option.
  • To change the Home and startup pages on Microsoft Edge to Google, open “edge://settings/startHomeNTP” and change the corresponding settings.

On Windows 11 and 10, Microsoft Edge uses “Bing” as the default search engine when you type a search query in the address bar and the search box on the “New tab” page. However, if you prefer “Google” search results, you can easily change the settings on Microsoft Edge to remove Bing as the default.

You just need to know where to find the settings since Microsoft doesn’t make it easy for regular users to change the default settings of the browser, specially when it comes to its services.

In this guide, I will teach you the easy steps to use Google as the default search engine on Microsoft Edge.

Set Google as default search engine on Microsoft Edge

To set Google as your default search engine, use these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge.

  2. Click the “Settings and More” button (three dots) from the top-right corner and click the Settings option.

  3. Click on Privacy, search, and services.

  4. Click the “Address bar and search” setting under the “Services” section.

    Edge address bar and search settings

  5. Choose the Google option in the “Search engine used in the address bar” setting.

    Edge set Google as default search engine

  6. (Optional) Select the “Search box” option in the “Search on new tab use search box or address bar” setting.

Once you complete the steps, Google will be your default search engine on Edge.

Set Google as default Home on Microsoft Edge

To set Google as the default pate for “Home,” use these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge.

  2. Click the “Settings and More” button (three dots) from the top-right corner and click the Settings option.

  3. Click on Start, home, and new tabs.

  4. Turn on the “Show home button on the toolbar” toggle switch under the “Home button” section.

  5. Choose the URL option.

  6. Confirm Google.com as your homepage.

    Edge set Google home page

  7. Click the Save button.

After you complete the steps, when clicking the Home button next to the address bar, you will be taken to Google.com.

Set Google as startup page on Microsoft Edge

To set Google as the startup page on Microsoft Edge, use these steps:

  1. Open Microsoft Edge.

  2. Click the “Settings and More” button (three dots) from the top-right corner and click the Settings option.

  3. Click on Start, home, and new tabs.

  4. Choose the Open these pages setting.

  5. Click the “Add a new page” button.

    Edge set Google startup page

  6. Confirm Google.com as the startup page.

  7. Click the Add button.

After you complete the steps, Google will be your start page every time you launch Microsoft Edge.

Update March 26, 2024: This guide has been updated to ensure accuracy and reflect changes to the process.

About the author

Mauro Huculak is a Windows How-To Expert who started Pureinfotech in 2010 as an independent online publication. He has also been a Windows Central contributor for nearly a decade. Mauro has over 14 years of experience writing comprehensive guides and creating professional videos about Windows and software, including Android and Linux. Before becoming a technology writer, he was an IT administrator for seven years. In total, Mauro has over 20 years of combined experience in technology. Throughout his career, he achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft (MSCA), Cisco (CCNP), VMware (VCP), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+), and he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years. You can follow him on X (Twitter), YouTube, LinkedIn and About.me.