search engine like Google or Bing, you can perform a Web search directly from the search box. Searching from the search bar should now give results at, but notice that at the very end of the search results URL there is a flag for UK regional content. Better understand browsing in Firefox in this free lesson.

Visit, to activate a “no country redirect” cookie that stops the browser from looking for country-specific search results.

Set both “圜ode” and “” to “GB” by double-clicking it and typing the new value.

For each setting you want to modify, use the search bar to find it more quickly.

Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web.

Access the Firefox settings: type “about:config” in the address bar, then click “I’ll be careful, I promise”. The search engine that helps you find exactly what youre looking for.

If you are visiting/living abroad but still want the Firefox search bar to default to your home version of Google, it is possible to fix it! In the following solution I assume that you are from the UK and want to use the UK/GB version of Google Search: The solution

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