Nearby are self-explanatory icons for forward, back and refresh. As in Chrome, there's just one bar toward the top of the screen that doubles as the address box and search field. In Edge, click the “More icon -> Settings -> Reset Settings -> Restore settings to their default values.There's not much to Edge's design, and that's a good thing. In Chrome, go to “Settings -> Advanced -> Restore settings to their original defaults -> Reset settings.” If your preferred search engine sticks with a certain extension disabled, then it’s possible that the disabled extension was causing the redirect and that it should be removed. This software hooks into your browser and force-redirects your homepage even if you change it back.įind this software by right-clicking the Start menu, going to “App and Features,” then look for and delete apps with any of the following (or similar) names:ĭisable browser extensions one by one, each time checking to see if you’re still being redirected to the invasive search engine or homepage. There’s a lot of software out there that comes with accompanying bloatware, which sometimes sneaks onto your PC when you fail to uncheck a box while installing the software you do want, or sometimes even without permission. You can also change the homepage here by going to the “On startup” section. Google ChromeĬlick the More icon at the top right -> Settings -> Search engine and change the search engine in the drop-down menu.
If that’s happened, it could just be a case of manually changing your search engine back to the option you had initially chosen. If your search engine or homepage keeps changing to Yahoo (or really any other search engine), then the most benign explanation is that at some point you accidentally opted in to change your search engine (usually through third-party software that has a sneaky checkbox in the installer asking if you’d like to opt out of changing your search engine, which means that by default they do change your search engine). Search Engine Has Changed (to Yahoo or Another) There are various reasons why your search engine and homepage may keep changing – from annoying extensions to sneaky “opt-out” checkboxes in software, to more malicious things like malware.
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