You will now see the search engine you manually added under ‘Other search engines’.

After filling in the details, click on ‘Add’ to save it. Most search engines use ‘search?q=’ after the top-level domain.

For example, if you prefer using Neeva, name it, assign a keyword, and add the URL by following the search engine’s syntax in the Brave browser.

Check the next step to know how to fill it.

A pop-up will now appear asking you to name the search engine, assign a keyword for it, and add the URL with %s in place of the query.

On the next page, you will see an ‘Add’ button next to the ‘Other search engines’ section to add a new search engine to Brave.

To do so, you first need to click on ‘Manage search engines’.

In case the search engine you prefer is not available in the list, you can manually add it.

If your preferred search engine is one of these, you are all set and have successfully changed the default search engine. The default options include Brave, Google, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Bing, and Startpage.

Click on the dropdown list next to the ‘Search engine used in the address bar’ option and pick the default search engine for your Brave browser on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

From the left sidebar, switch to the ‘Search engine’ tab and locate ‘Search engine used in the address bar’ option.

From the list of options that show up, choose ‘Settings’.

Open Brave browser and click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) at the top-right corner.

If you don’t want to use Brave Search and switch back to either Google or privacy-centric options like DuckDuckGo, you can do that in just a few clicks. Change Default Search Engine in Brave Browser (Windows, Mac, or Linux) #

You can navigate to the relevant section based on the platform you use Brave on to browse the web. We have added separate set of instructions for changing the default search engine in Brave browser on your desktop and mobile. Change Default Search Engine in Brave Browser (2021) #

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