Microsoft Edge Super Drag and Drop now supports Google search (sort of)

To change the used search engine, first you need to enable hidden flags

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Published onMarch 21, 2024

published onMarch 21, 2024

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Edge is constantly getting new features, and not that long ago we wrote aboutEdge’s Super Drag and Drop feature.

This feature has been improved, and now it allows you to change its default search engine and use something other than Bing.

Super Drag and Drop in Edge now works with Google Search

For the longest time, Microsoft has been trying to push Edge and Bing to unsuspected users. We already wrote howEdge imports Google tabs without the user’s knowledge.

But that’s not all, there are reports thatMicrosoft is showing Bing pop-ups in Chromein an attempt to make users switch.

If you’re not familiar with the Super Drag and Drop feature, it allows users to drag and drop links and text anywhere on the page to open in a new tab.

Currently, when users perform this action a new tab will open and Bing will search for the dropped text, ignoring your currently selected default search engine.

Well, that has finally been changed, and Microsoft is testing the feature that will allow you to change the default search engine that Super Drag and Drop uses in Edge Canary.

You can change the default search engine by doing the following:

After that, you’ll finally get rid of Bing and you’ll be able to use your preferred search engine with this feature.

We’re glad that Microsoft is finally giving users the option to properly switch to a different search engine, and we can’t wait to see this feature available to the stable version of Edge.

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Microsoft Edge Super Drag and Drop now supports Google search (sort of)

Super Drag and Drop in Edge now works with Google Search