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Why has my Google Chrome turned into Yahoo?

  • 01-02-2022 5:50pm
    #1
    Boulevardier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Boulevardier


    In the past few weeks, the Google Chrome browser on my Laptop is only giving me access to Yahoo, which is a grossly inferior browser and is giving me spectacularly bad search results.

    Has this happened to other people, and can anything be done about it?

    Any suggestions appreciated.



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  • #2
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,781 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    Do you mean your default search engine has now become yahoo instead of google on chrome?

    If that's the case, go to settings, on the left hand side you'll see search engine, then just change the search engine used in the address bar here back to Google



  • #3
    VikingG
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭VikingG


    https://www.howtogeek.com/769001/how-to-remove-yahoo-search-from-google-chrome/



  • #4
    Boulevardier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,375 ✭✭✭Boulevardier


    Viking G, I'm afraid that is not working, as my settings are not the same.

    I have no idea why this happened, as I never asked for Yahoo and my Chrome was fine until recently.

    I will keep fiddling around and see if there is anything I can do. I do not want to re-install as I have a lot of saved passwords.



  • #5
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,203 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    Browser hijacked, google it

    history of boards 2021




  • #6
    ash97
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭ash97


    When I switched on my computer yesterday, I started with Chrome and noticed that Yahoo was hijacking my search engine, and anything I searched went to yahoo. So I wrote to yahoo customer service to ask what was the matter. Waiting for reply from them.



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  • #7
    Eve Old Selflessness
    Posts: 0 ✭ Eve Old Selflessness


    https://youtu.be/-TzxRi3BkLk

    Theres an ad at the beginning but worth getting past it.



  • #8
    sam t smith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭sam t smith


    Do you yahoo, OP?



  • #9
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    go to browser menu, 3 dots on the top right of screen, click search engine, click google in menu box,

    eg google, bing,yahoo select google, click menu ,exit.

    click on chrome icon on desktop, or menu, see if it has worked



  • #10
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,203 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    All you affected, most likely got some crap installed along with some freeware, torrent, other.

    It is not just that your search engine changed once inadvertently, it will change back again until you clean up that crap that you got (ask toolbar, similar) no matter how many times you change your settings to your preference. Its called hijacking for that reason.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_hijacking

    history of boards 2021




  • #11
    riclad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,184 ✭✭✭riclad


    download brave browser ,its based on chrome engine. www.brave.com it uses google search



    https://brave.com/?ref=fwh089



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