# Bing search has removed Google How to get it back?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680 "2012-07-19T02:41:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680/1 "2012-07-19T02:41:08Z")

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How can I remove Bing (and something called white smoke) and get Google back?

I don’t see Bing in the “remove programs” control panel.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680/2 "2012-07-19T02:45:43Z")

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On the search bar click on the arrow on the left and scroll down till you see the Google symbol and leave it there. If you don’t have a Google symbol install it from here: [http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie/install.html](http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie/install.html)

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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680/3 "2012-07-19T03:04:08Z")

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But that sends me to Explorer. I want Firefox.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680/4 "2012-07-19T03:54:24Z")

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> [@Mangosteen](#):
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> But that sends me to Explorer. I want Firefox.

The toolbar download? Hopefully this helps: [http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/enable-google-toolbar-in-firefox-5.html](http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/enable-google-toolbar-in-firefox-5.html)

Or one can use Chrome.

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**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680/5 "2012-07-19T03:59:12Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> The toolbar download? Hopefully this helps: [http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/enable-google-toolbar-in-firefox-5.html](http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/06/enable-google-toolbar-in-firefox-5.html)
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> Or one can use Chrome.

Thanks, got it!

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**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bing-search-has-removed-google-how-to-get-it-back/628680/6 "2012-07-19T13:36:50Z")

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> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#):
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> On the search bar click on the arrow on the left and scroll down till you see the Google symbol and leave it there. If you don’t have a Google symbol install it from here: [http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie/install.html](http://www.google.com/toolbar/ie/install.html)

> [@Mangosteen](#):
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> But that sends me to Explorer. I want Firefox.

Are you clicking the arrow on the left of Firefox’s search bar? That won’t send you to Explorer. It won’t show up in Add/Remove programs because it’s not a separate program, it’s a setting in Firefox.

Here’s the instructions for managing search engines in Firefox (with pictures):

> **[Log In / Sign up | Mozilla Support](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/users/auth?next=%2Fen-US%2Fkb%2Fnew%3Ftitle%3DUse%2Bthe%2BSearch%2BBar%2Bin%2BFirefox%2Band%2Bmanage%2Bsearch%2Bengines%26s%3Ddefault%2Bsearch%26r%3D4%26e%3Des%26as%3Ds%26redirectslug%3Dsearch-bar-add-change-manage-search-engines-firefox%26redirectlocale%3Den-US)**