In Windows 8 by default Bing has been set as the default search engine for IE 10 in metro and desktop environments and its the only search provider Internet explorer offers in Windows 8 Consumer Preview, if you want to set Google as default search engine in IE 10 first you need to add it as a search provider which you can do from IE Add-ons gallery page.
Adding Google as a Search Provider in IE10
Visit the link http://www.iegallery.com/en-US/Addons/Details/813 in desktop IE 10 and click on “add to Internet Explorer” once the Google search add-on page has been loaded from Internet Explorer Gallery site.
Now a dialog pops up asking you to add Google as search provider, in that dialog check or select make this as my default search provider and click on “add” button.
That’s it from now onwards Google is the default search engine in Internet explorer 10 in windows 8 for both metro and desktop versions.
You can see Google listed as search provider under “Search Providers” for IE’s “Manage add-ons” window and you can also see Google icon along with Bing icon when you click the search icon in the IE ‘s address bar.
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I can’t click on “add to Internet Explorer”, doesn’t do anything. Bing sucks hard.
It doesn’t work. I add it google as a search provider, but Bing is still the only one listed.
Works just fine. Thank you very much, I just checked the “Make this my default…”and it worked. Thanks again.
Glad to know its working and your comment has importance where last two comments resembles its not working, you’re welcome here.
Worked for me to. Took me a few mins to figure it out since Im new to win8 like everyone else but got it by following instructions. Then once I added google I deleted the others that I could.
It’s BS that Microsoft made this so hard. WTF Microsoft?
To everyone who can’t click the ”Add to Internet Explorer” button – be sure to click the link in the text instead of the image.
I just clicked the image instead and spent about 2 minutes clicking the button on it before I realised it wasn’t actually the page… Sigh.
Works for me: Thanks!
Works for me 2 !
Thanks !!
Works for me also: Thanks a lot!
in Server 2012 can find no way to get this to work: every time click on “Add to Internet Explorer” get “Internet Explorer could not install this search provider”. wtf?
the ‘add to internet explorer’ button just doesn’t work for me either. I can click on the text or even right click and select ‘open link’ all day – and nothing happens.
I suspect this is because I’m on a surface running Win RT – not a Win 8 machine. Vencat, can you confirm you’re talking about IE10 on Win 8, not Win RT? I suspect I can’t add add-ons to Win RT in the same way as Win 8, meaning I haven’t found a way to change from Bing on a surface. Yuk!
Yes this article is about setting Google as default search engine for IE10 on Windows 8. This article no way related to Windows RT, i don’t know whether this method works on RT or not because I don’t have surface device yet.
To those who click “Add to Internet Explorer” to have nothing happen.
Please refresh the page and then click the button again.
This worked for me.
Thanks.
If you already have the google add-on installed, click the tools icon (looks like a industrial cog) in the upper right corner and select “manage add-ons”, click on “search providers” under add-on types, highlight google, click the button labeled “default”.
Beautiful, that’s what I was trying to do. Thanks Ryan.
I am welcoming your comment on part of Ryan.
BING is pretty crap, never happy with its search results so Google I have installed but it wasn’t easy to find out how.. found this website, the link and all sorted, Google search now installed… thanks!
You’re welcome Glen.
Thanks. I used it to get rid of that irritating snap.do virus.
Thanks a lot! Works like a charm!
You’re welcome Martin.
Brilliant! Thank you so much Sir! Had real problems doing this on IE9 but on 10 this was a great soloution