“Deletion is being used by some people as a workaround to block unwanted changes to which search engine is default so we should continue to support it for now. In a related Chrome bug that talks about “deleting pre-populated search engines it is too easy “, Chrome employee reverted the change and reinstated the delete option for built-in search engines. Delete option restored for built-in Search engines in Chrome The intention behind the change is to avoid the accidental removal of built-in search engines. Google employee, Justin Donnelly chimed in and said it was a mistake on his part without realizing the option in UI being used to workaround to prevent search engine hijacking. Others in the thread confirmed they’re facing the same issue with Chrome. How can I fix this issue? I have also resetted settings and cleared my computer to try to find any malware” one user reports in the Chrome help forum.
I’ve tried to remove the search engines on setting in chrome, but it doesn’t work since there is no delete button under the 3 dots.
“My search engine keeps changing to Yahoo. Users who upgraded to Chrome version 97 noticed the preinstalled Search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia that the browser comes with are no longer deletable. Here is what happened: Chrome update removes the delete option from default search engines The change has been now entered into Canary 99 now.
After users uproar, the company recently promised it will restore the option in UI and it will appear in Chrome 98 or Chrome 99 stable versions. Google hid the delete option intentionally as part of the Search engines’ settings page makeover. Recently released Chrome 97 came with a quiet change where it is no longer possible to remove default search engines.
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