Ecosia Search Settings: Customize your search experience

Ecosia has a range of settings that can help improve your search experience.

In this article you will find: 

Please note that this article only covers the Ecosia search engine settings, and will not address both browser settings and Ecosia app settings.

How to access your Ecosia settings

On desktop devices, go to the menu icon on the top right of the Ecosia homepage and select Settings.

On the Ecosia mobile apps, you will first need to conduct a search, or visit ecosia.org to see the page below. 

Image showing how to access Ecosia settings page

Alternatively, you can select Settings from underneath the search bar. You may need to swipe slightly to the right to see it on mobile.

Image showing how to access the settings underneath the search bar

Ecosia Search settings are saved using a browser cookie. If you clear your browser’s internet cookies you may need to go back into Ecosia’s settings and choose the options you want.

How to customize your Ecosia Search settings

Select and customize your Ecosia experience:

Dive deeper into Ecosia Search settings:

Preferred search provider

We’re a multiprovider search engine. After selecting your cookie preferences, you will be prompted to indicate your preferred search engine from options including Google, Bing, or opting for no preference.

Availability of search providers can vary depending on the device and accessing Ecosia Search, e.g. from mobile devices, default search or browser extension. 

We have an in-depth article about Search Results on Ecosia and how they are provided. 

Safe search

Within Ecosia Search settings, you can set safe search to moderate or strict to help filter out adult content. When set to “strict” or “moderate”, this setting filters out adult content from search results. 

Personalized search results

Results provided by Bing with personalized search results enabled, will tailor your searches using an anonymous identifier. Over time, this improves result relevance based on your activity.

You can turn this setting off anytime in your settings or by enabling “Do not track” in your browser. Ecosia respects your privacy—no IP addresses or identifiers are stored permanently, and Bing deletes them after X months.

For more details, check out our Privacy Policy.

Save your Ecosia Search settings permanently

Most browsers offer the option to allow selected websites to store cookies. Here are some instructions for the most common browsers you can use Ecosia with. 
Select your browser:
For other browsers you can try the following steps:
  1. Open the settings of your browser, go to the section about cookies and history (usually in advanced settings) and choose manage exceptions. 
  2. Add https://ecosia.org in the empty field on the left and save or click or done. 
  3. Go to your Ecosia settings in the Ecosia Menu in the top right corner and choose your preferred settings. 
  4. Click save, to permanently save your Ecosia settings!
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