Use Ecosia on your desktop
Making Ecosia your default search engine on desktop is easy, but how you do this depends on the type of browser you use. This article provides instructions on how to use Ecosia on commonly used desktop browsers.
Use Ecosia in Chrome
Download the Ecosia extension - recommended
Using the Ecosia extension will set your default search and homepage to Ecosia right away:
- Go to the Chrome Extension store and select add extension
- Confirm that you want to add Ecosia to Chrome
- Open a new tab in your Chrome browser and accept changes.
- Ecosia is now your default search engine.
Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Google Chrome.
Make Ecosia your default search engine
The default search engine setting determines the search engine in the main address bar. To make Ecosia your default search engine in Chrome, follow these steps:
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Open Settings within Chrome
If you are using a mac you can also find Chrome’s settings by clicking on Preferences - 2
- Go to search engine and select Ecosia as your default search engine
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- Open a new tab or window in Safari
- Click the magnifying glass
- Select Ecosia
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Open Settings in Edge
If you are using a mac you can also find Chrome’s settings by clicking on Preferences - 2
- Select Privacy and Services in the left sidebar
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- Scroll down to Services
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- Click on Address bar and search and select Ecosia
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- Go to the Microsoft Edge add-ons store and select Get.
- Confirm that you want to download Ecosia.
- Open a new tab in your Edge browser and accept changes.
- Ecosia is now your default search engine in Edge!
- Go to the Firefox add-ons store and select Download to Firefox.
- Confirm that you want to download Ecosia.
- Open a new tab in your Firefox browser and accept changes.
- Ecosia is now your default search engine in Firefox.
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- Open Settings by clicking on the menu on the right side
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- Select search engines on the left side and select Ecosia as your default
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Open Settings and click on Get started
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Click On start up and click Open a specific page or set of pages
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Set Ecosia as home page
From there, add https://www.ecosia.org and click on Add. -
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Open your browser
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Click on the magnifying glass in the right field
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Select Ecosia as your default search engine
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Open Settings within opera on the left side
If you are on a mac you can also find Chrome’s settings by clicking on Preferences -
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Scroll to On start
up and click Add a new page
Scroll down until you get to the section called On startup. Click the third option Open a specific page or set of pages and from there click on Add a new page. -
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Set Ecosia as homepage
From there, add https://www.ecosia.org and click on Add.
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Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Google Chrome.
Set Ecosia as your homepage
You can make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Find out how to change your homepage in Chrome.
Use Ecosia in Safari
Make Ecosia your default search engine
The default search engine setting determines the search engine in the main address bar. To make Ecosia your default search engine on Safari, follow these steps:
Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Apple.
Available only for iOS14 and above. For iOS13 and below please set Ecosia as your homepage
Set Ecosia as your homepage
You can make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Find out how to change your homepage in Safari.
Use Ecosia in Edge
Make Ecosia your default search - recommended
The default search engine setting determines the search engine in the main address bar. To make Ecosia your default search engine in Edge, follow these steps:
Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Microsoft.
Download the Ecosia extension
Using the Ecosia extension will set your default search engine and homepage to Ecosia right away:
Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Microsoft.
Set Ecosia as your homepage
You can make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Find out how to change your homepage in Edge.
Use Ecosia in Firefox
Download the Ecosia extension - recommended
Using the Ecosia extension will set your default search engine and homepage to Ecosia right away:
Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Mozilla.
Set Ecosia as your homepage
You can make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Find out how to change your homepage in Firefox.
Use Ecosia in Brave
Make Ecosia your default search - recommended
The default search engine setting determines the search engine in the main address bar. To make Ecosia your default search engine in Brave, follow these steps:
Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Brave.
Set Ecosia as your homepage
You can make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Follow these steps:
Use Ecosia in Vivaldi
Make Ecosia your default search - recommended
The default search engine setting determines the search engine in the main address bar. To make Ecosia your default search engine in Vivaldi, follow these steps:
Set Ecosia as your homepage
You can make Ecosia your first page in your browser. Find out how to change your homepage in Vivaldi.
Use Ecosia in Opera
Set Ecosia as your homepage - recommended
You can make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Follow these steps:
We hope you’re now all set up! If you have further questions please see our related articles or reach out to the Ecosia support team directly.