


Many others on the thread say they're also facing similar problems.Īs a result, it looks like the Remove option in the default search engine settings could be making a comeback in Chromium 98 or 99 as a temporary workaround for the problem. For example, Filipa Nunes on the Chrome forum says their default search is automatically switching to Yahoo even when they tried to set it to something else. However, while this change was probably done with a good intention, some users are already complaining about new problems. My strong preference is to do the latter. Select ‘New’ then ‘DWORD (32-bit) Value’ and call. Name the key ‘EdgeUpdate’ and then right-click on it. Doing so is irrecoverably destructive because, even if you're knowledgeable enough to use the Add dialog to recreate a pre-populated entry, you can't set the suggest, new tab page, or other specialized URLs.ĭeleting these should either be more difficult (confirmation dialog) or impossible (no delete option in the menu). Right-click on the ‘Microsoft’ folder and select ‘New’, then ‘Key’. As spotted by another Reddit user lordcheeto on the same Reddit thread, it looks like the Remove option was deleted by Chromium as its devs believe that getting rid of the Remove feature will be more beneficial to end-users.Ĭhromium developer, jdonnelly, who started this issue under ID 1263679 writes:Ĭurrently, you can delete a pre-populated search engine (e.g. Microsoft Edge only allows you to choose the Search box or Address bar, but if you dont use the other search engines (Bing, Google, Yahoo), you can delete.
