In Microsoft Edge you cannot remove Yandex search

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Edge supports russian propaganda and I cannot remove it.

https://i.imgur.com/c7YQ8j1.png

Perhaps don't use Edge. It will nudge you to switch to Bing anyway. And force you to use that, irrespective of browser search choice choice in the Windows search box [0]. Is Chrome any different? As of 2017 it (had to) support Yandex, Google, and Mail.ru [1].

We advocate and practice multiple choice in search; switch on or off Yandex, Bing, Google and 5 others as you please [2].

[0] https://blog.mojeek.com/2021/11/how-microsoft-sucks-people-i...

[1] https://www.androidauthority.com/google-no-longer-default-se...

[2] https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/02/search-choices-enable-freedo...

Is it the case that you need a minimum of one enabled? Can you edit it to DuckDuckGo or similar?

Microsoft includes bunch of "default" search providers what you cannot remove or edit.

Another russian one: https://i.imgur.com/1yVKBBX.png

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