DuckDuckGo Has Been Forced on Me...Oh Yes It Has!
annaheretoo
And looking over posts of how to get rid of it,I see that you said there were "issues"with Firefox.Well,those posts I've read were written over a year ago(mmm,),so it would appear that those issues still haven't been ironed out?..Really?
I just updated Firefox,and there it was.
I don't want it,I don't need it.
It cannot be found in Firefox,Tools,Add-ons,Extensions.Nor can it be found in Windows Control Panel,Programs,Uninstall...So where the hell is it?
Whether your program is any good or not is irrelevant at this point.The fact that it was forced on me was underhand,and as far as I am concerned,makes you untrustworthy.
Instructions to get get rid of it much appreciated.Thanks.
I just updated Firefox,and there it was.
I don't want it,I don't need it.
It cannot be found in Firefox,Tools,Add-ons,Extensions.Nor can it be found in Windows Control Panel,Programs,Uninstall...So where the hell is it?
Whether your program is any good or not is irrelevant at this point.The fact that it was forced on me was underhand,and as far as I am concerned,makes you untrustworthy.
Instructions to get get rid of it much appreciated.Thanks.
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Thank you all for the many comments, questions and suggestions. Particular thanks go to user x.15a2 for constantly monitoring, replying and helping so many users here. To continue these discussions, please head over to the DuckDuckGo subreddit.
Google, Yahoo, Bing & co. are "forced" from a very long time, I hope you can consider them untrustworthy as well.
Anyway, I'm not on Windows but I can remove every search engine from where x.15a2 suggested. So seems strange... are all of them greyed out to you or DDG only?
Anyway, I'm not on Windows but I can remove every search engine from where x.15a2 suggested. So seems strange... are all of them greyed out to you or DDG only?
Thanks for your input. I downloaded FF last evening and tested as you did and I found that all default search engines (G, Y, B, Amazon, DDG, eBay, Twitter and Wikipedia) can be removed, except that 1 (any 1) must be kept. So, if there is only 1 search engine in the list, it cannot be deleted and the Remove button is unavailable. So, if you want to delete any particular search engine, just click the Restore Defaults button, then delete all that you want, leaving the one that seems the least forced behind.
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x.15a2
• 4 years and 1 month ago
Ah,I see.
The first thing I did when I downloaded Firefox a few years ago was get rid of all the search engines.:)I found the Startpage site addressed my needs just fine.
And thanks very much for your suggestion 15a2,much appreciated.If it doesn't work I 'll let you know.:)
The first thing I did when I downloaded Firefox a few years ago was get rid of all the search engines.:)I found the Startpage site addressed my needs just fine.
And thanks very much for your suggestion 15a2,much appreciated.If it doesn't work I 'll let you know.:)
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/33...
After this,I'm thinking,"do I really need Firefox?"
But thanks for your reply.
Other ideas appreciated.:)