Use Ecosia on your desktop

Making Ecosia your default search engine on desktop can be done in just a few steps, 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

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:

1. 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

Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Google Chrome.

Add Ecosia as your search engine

1. Visit ecosia.org, Ecosia will be added to your Inactive shortcuts in your settings
2. Open Settings within Chrome - If you are on a Mac you can also find Chrome’s settings by clicking on Preferences
3. Select Search Engine and open Manage search engine and site search 
4. Navigate to Inactive shortcuts and activate Ecosia

1. Navigate to Site Search
2. Make Ecosia your default search engine by clicking the dots on the right and select Make default

In case you do not see Ecosia listed as a default option, you can manually add Ecosia as your search engine instead. Simply follow these steps:

1. Open Settings within Chrome - If you are on a Mac you can also find Chrome’s settings by clicking on Preferences
2. Select Search Engine and open Manage search engine and site search - If you have visited ecosia.org before you can find Ecosia in your  “Inactive shortcuts” list, you can activate it (jump to step 4) or add Ecosia manually

3. If you add Ecosia manually enter the following details into the popup 

a. Search engine: Ecosia

b. Shortcut: ecosia.org

c. URL with %s in place of query: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=%s&addon=manualopensearch

4. Make Ecosia your default search engine by clicking the dots on the right and selecting Make default

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:

1. Open a new tab or window in Safari
2. Click the magnifying glass
3. Select Ecosia

Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Apple.

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

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:

1. Open Settings in Edge - If you are using a mac you can also find Edge’s settings by clicking on  Preferences
2. Select Privacy and Services in the left sidebar

3. Scroll down to Services

4. Click on Address bar and search and select Ecosia - Alternatively, if Ecosia is not available in your region in Edge you can still add Ecosia as your default search by following the next steps.

5. Click on Manage search engines and then click on Add

7. Add the following into the popup and then select Ecosia as your default

a. Search engine: Ecosia

b. Shortcut: ecosia.org

c. URL with %s in place of query: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=%s

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

Make Ecosia your default search

The default search engine setting determines the search engine in the main address bar. To make Ecosia your default search engine in Firefox, follow these steps:

1. Open Settings in Firefox - If you are using a mac you can also find settings by clicking on  Preferences
2. Select Search in the left sidebar
3. Scroll down to Default Search Engine and select Ecosia

For some regions, Ecosia is not available in Firefox settings, you can still add Ecosia manually by setting it as your homepage.

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

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:

1. Open Settings by clicking on the menu on the right side
2. Select search engines on the left side and select Ecosia as your default

Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Brave.

Set Ecosia as your homepage

Alternatively you make Ecosia your browser’s homepage. Follow these steps:

1. Open Settings and click on Get started
2. Click On Start up and click Open a specific page or set of pages
3. To set Ecosia as your homepage add https://www.ecosia.org and confirm with a click on Add.

Use Ecosia in Vivaldi

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:

1. Open your browser
2. Click on the magnifying glass in the right field
3. Select Ecosia as your default search engine

Alternatively you can make Ecosia your first page in your browser. Find out how to change your homepage in Vivaldi.

Use Ecosia in Opera

Making Ecosia your default search engine in Opera is currently not possible. We recommend setting Ecosia as hompage in this browser. Follow these steps:

1. Open Settings within the browser on the left side - If you are on a mac you can also find Chrome’s settings by clicking on Preferences
2. Scroll to On start up and Click the third option Add a new page
3. Add https://www.ecosia.org and confirm by clicking on Add.

Need further assistance? Check out these instructions by Opera.