| Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | vla | 9/25/10 9:47 AM | Google Chrome version 7.0.517.13 Bing has taken over as my default search. The option to remove it can't be selected. When I add Google as search engine, the option to make Google default can't be selected. How can I get rid of Bing and bring ba |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | ashershah | 1/22/11 2:25 AM | I have the same question.. I cant bear the sight of that crap! |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | ashershah | 1/22/11 2:30 AM | Here's what I did to get rid of it In Chrome: 1. Click on the 'Settings' icon next to the Addres bar (right most) 2. Select 'Options' 3. Click on the 'Basics' tab (if not already selected) 4. In the 'Default Search' section, chose the search engine |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | argonauta | 2/1/11 12:38 PM | Sorry, done the 5 steps but not done. Bing keeps taken over uninvited. How on earth can this happen? And how happy can Google be about it, I wonder? |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Rottie Girl | 7/15/11 11:03 PM | I did the 5 steps and all of the other standard procedures, nothing worked, until....I signed out. Searching from my Google Chrome home page, again Bing came up. As I resisted throwing my laptop across the room I noticed that I was signed in. I si |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Nino44 | 9/18/11 4:25 PM | Same thing happened to me. I tried going to Chrome settings and set Google as my default search engine, but it didn't help. I also tried signing out and in, and it didn't help either. This happened for no apparent reason while I was in the middle of |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | calliope01 | 10/17/11 3:13 PM | same thing with me. signed out bing is still there. nothing removes it. i removed bing from add/remove in the control panel. i removed it under the basic, search engine. how do i get rid of it. i hate it. |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Katastrophy | 10/17/11 8:58 PM | Yep. Looks like Chrome has a fatal error. BING is the antichrist. And if google cant take it off my browser by tomorrow I am uninstalling it. |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | gtoland | 11/29/11 10:13 PM | n Chrome: |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | tim gibber | 1/5/12 11:26 AM | For me it is Ask Jeeves keeps taking over. I hate it with a vengeance. Sort us out, Google! |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Super1222 | 6/2/12 5:17 PM | Still doesnt work for me. I cannot find step number 2! There is no options and bing is stupid, it is for like shopping and other dumb stuff!!! I need google, someone help me out |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Lucidess | 6/12/12 4:52 PM | My Mother is having this same problem, and she is now going to simmer over this for the rest of her life until they fix this. Can we not just uninstall and reinstall? A reformat? Surely there has to be a solution and not just let every "uninstall evi |
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| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | juliawggns | 8/31/12 10:10 AM | What I did was first click on the wrench right of the search, then clicked settings. I scrolled down and there was an option for default search, so I clicked google, then signed out of my account. Once I signed back in, bing was gone. |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Reesepuffs | 9/4/12 1:28 PM | For the newer version of chrome, I simply went to settings > Search > Manage Search Engines When you move your mouse over the various options, simply click the "x" located on the far right of every option given. This worked for me, I hope I helped so |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Josh Havel | 11/19/12 1:14 PM | Check your extensions, uTorrent update added an extension which uses Bing search, feel free to remove that garbage extension and revert back to the Google page. |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Cynthia Alvarado | 11/20/12 8:16 PM | THANKS JOSH!!! I detest Bing. I simply disabled the uTorrent extension and Bing was gone! |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Christian Untch | 11/21/12 7:45 AM | Josh is correct! Just go to "Tools" > "Extensions" and enable/delete the uTorrent extension... presto! Thank you! |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Debora Rohan | 11/25/12 7:24 AM | Worked for me too! Thanks Josh! ONLY!!! Mine was not uTorrent, it was Zynga. |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Eric Folsom | 12/2/12 4:49 PM | Josh Havel is right! |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Caitlin.L.1 | 12/13/12 7:07 PM | I deleted utorrent under extensions until I'm still getting Bing as my search engine. Help? |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | dela concepcion | 3/1/13 6:27 AM | If like me you did all the above and still can see 'Bing' when you restart your Google Chrome then go to your 'Settings' -> 'On Start Up' scroll down until you get to the option 'Open a specific page or set of pages.' then click the highlighted 'Set |
| Re: Bing has taken over as the default search in Chrome 7.0.517.13. I can't remove it. | Barbara Dowdy | 3/31/13 12:49 AM | I did that and when I do a search it still goes to bing. |