Step 5: Run the Edge Deflector installer and follow the on-screen directions. Edge Deflector forces Cortana to use the default web browser (you have set Firefox) instead of the Edge browser. We need to download a little utility named Edge Deflector. Step 4: Foxtana Pro alone cannot force the Cortana or the Start search to use Google instead of Bing. Step 3: In the Web browser section, click on the plus (+) icon (or click on the Edge/current default browser’s icon) and then click on the Firefox browser to set Firefox as the default one.

To do that, navigate to Settings app > Apps > Default apps. Step 2: Next, you need to set Firefox as the default web browser in Windows 10. Click Add to Firefox button, and then click Add button when you see Software Installation dialog to install the add-on. Step 1: Visit this Foxtana Pro page in your Firefox browser. Using Foxtana Pro to make Cortana use Google Since this extension supports only Firefox, you must have installed Firefox on your Windows 10 computer in order to install and use the extension. The extension redirects everything that you search using Bing to Google, meaning even if you search for something on Bing in your browser, the extension will automatically redirect the search from Bing to Google. The extension makes it possible by redirecting searches performed with Cortana from the default Bing to Google. This time around, we would like to share a Firefox extension to make Cortana use Google instead of Bing for search in Windows 10.įoxtana Pro is a simple Firefox extension designed to make Cortana use Google instead of Bing in Windows 10. We have already covered a way to enable Google search in Windows 10’s taskbar search box with the help of Chrome browser. If you prefer Google search over Bing and want to force Cortana or the taskbar search box to use Google search instead of the default Bing search, there are a couple of ways out there.

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