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Tip

You can turn off these suggestions. (They are, after all, provided courtesy of a two-way trip to
Microsoft’s servers, meaning that Microsoft knows what you’re typing.) Hit → →
“Privacy and security” → “Show search and site suggestions as I type.” Turn it off.

Adding Google

You’re not obligated to use Microsoft’s Bing search service. (There is, after
all, another very good search engine out there. You might have heard of it.)
Fortunately, you can make Edge use Google—or another search site—

instead of Bing.

To begin, you must manually visit google.com (or another search site) at

least once. Now open → → Advanced. (Why is this an advanced
setting? Seems pretty basic to most people.) Scroll down and choose
“Change search provider,” hit “Add new,” and select Google Search.

Finally, choose “Set as default.”

From now on, much to Microsoft’s dismay, you’ll be using Google instead
of Bing for searching. As an added convenience, the names of any search

services you add in this way appear in the “Search in the address bar with”
pop-up menu. In other words, you can switch back and forth as you like.

Tip

Sure, Bing and Google are great for finding web pages on the internet. But Edge can also find
words on a certain page. Press Ctrl+F. (Or hit and then “Find on page.”) In the “Find on page”

toolbar that appears, type the text you’re trying to find, and then use the and buttons to jump
from occurrence to occurrence. (The Options drop-down menu lets you specify whether you
require full-word matches and whether capitalization counts.)

Entering an Address

Because typing out internet addresses is so central to the internet experience
—and such a typo-prone hassle—the address bar is rich with features that

minimize keystrokes. For example: